THE BOOK: A Dollar Short: The Bottom Dollar Girls Go Hollywood

THE PITCH: It isn't every day a movie star steals your husband. When that day comes for Chiffon Butrell, of Cayboo Creek, South Carolina, she looks to the Bottom Dollar Girls to help her out of one fine mess.

THE BLOG: http://www.livejournal.com/users/karin61/

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

"Never a dull moment...this fast-paced screamer of a romance begs a giggle, if not a guffaw.” - Booklist

"As tart and delectable as lemon meringue pie...a pure delight." - Jennifer Weiner, author of Little Earthquakes

THE SAME THREE QUESTIONS I ALWAYS ASK:

So tell us, Karin - what are your Top 10 Desert Island Discs?

Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack because I know every single part and could stage may own one-woman rock opera
Hair (see above)
Fiddler on the Roof (see above)
Porgy and Bess (just for the song "Summertime and the living is easy ...)
Jagged Little Pill from Alanis Morrisette because of all the raw emotion
Soundtrack from The Big Chill to keep me happy (am I showing my age?)
Anything from John Coltrane (to listen to while I sip coconut cocktails)
Anything from Glen Miller because I like to swing!
Anything from Frank Sinatra because he's timeless
Jimmy Buffet because goes so well with the deserted island theme

You know, I've been listening to a lot of showtunes lately, too. Including the ones you mentioned, minus PORGY & BESS. Anyhoo, moving on: iif you were going to be on Jeopardy!, what would your seven dream categories consist of?

Potent Potables - because I love alliteration and tippling
'70s Sitcoms (I watched a lot of TV back then!)
Food Items Found on Barbeque Buffet
Anorexic Celebrities
Snack Food Varieties
18th Century Russian Writers (Ha! Just kidding. Did they even have pens in the 18th century?)

Uh, yeah. I'm pretty sure they did. Final question: if you could live in any TV show, what would it be and why?

Bewitched. And I want to be Samantha. Right away I would wiggle my nose and replace Darren with Outback Jack.

Really? I'd settle for Will Ferrell.

Good luck with the book, Karin, as well as your tour!


Before becoming a novelist, Karin (pronounced "car-in") Gillespie was a special education teacher at an inner-city school and an editor of a regional parenting magazine. She's also a bi-monthly columnist for the Augusta Chronicle. Currently Karin travels the Southeast with three other Southern authors, and they call themselves the Dixie Divas. She's also the founder of the Girlfriends' Cyber Circuit, a virtual tour for women novelists. You can visit her on the web at http://www.karingillespie.com.