Authorpreneur Dashboard – Jennifer Lafferty
Offbeat Love Stories and More
Literature & Fiction
A collection of humorous and mainly romantic short stories featuring colorful characters and entertaining storylines. Humor is a key element in these stories, although there are also poignant aspects to the pieces. Selections include: A New Verse, Periwinkle 26, Choices, It Happened at the Mall, A Familiar Place, Overseas Adoption, Chance Meeting, The Prom Date, Unlikely Friends and more.
Book Bubbles from Offbeat Love Stories and More
Misunderstood
Donnie is used to being misunderstood. He's always been, eccentric, misunderstood, and underestimated, and no longer feels the need to prove himself. He is amused at the thought of how shocked this "savvy", sophisticated girl from Chicago would be if she knew how different he was from the ignorant bumpkin he appears.
The Power of Music
I wanted to demonstrate just how important music is to Lisa and the profound impact it has on her life, She is really a musicologist, not just a casual fan, listening to the latest hits, but someone who studies music and has refined, sophisticated taste. I also wanted to use music as something that brings Lisa and Reggie together, something to bond over, which often happens in real life.
Rebecca: The Making of a Hollywood Classic
Humor & Entertainment
The creation of the classic, Oscar® winning 1940 film "Rebecca" is detailed in this revealing behind the scenes book which recounts how the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock and legendary producer David O. Selznick ("Gone With the Wind") joined forces to bring this timeless romantic thriller, based on Daphne du Maurier's novel to the big screen. The off-screen drama between Selznick and Hitchcock as well as between the film's cast members is brought to light. The creativity, brilliance and sometimes unorthodox methods that went into the making of this celebrated film are explored in detail. Biographical sketches of Alfred Hitchcock, David O.Selznick, prominent cast members and other key figures are included along with trivia and anecdotal reminiscences that are both colorful to shocking.
Book Bubbles from Rebecca: The Making of a Hollywood Classic
Hitchcock
The relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick was a complicated and fascinating one. The two men collaborated on some truly great motion pictures but frequently did not see eye to eye. I devoted a whole chapter of my book to the exploration of this relationship.
Knight of the Purple Ribbon
Literature & Fiction
“Knight of the Purple Ribbon: A Novel (Baron de Graffenried’s Colonial Adventures)” is a historic novel loosely based on the real life adventures of the charming Swiss nobleman Baron Christoph de Graffenried, (ancestor to former First Lady Laura Bush, Senator Charles Robb and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ellen Glasgow). The book focuses on de Graffenried’s founding of New Bern, the second oldest town in North Carolina in 1710, and is filled with drama, romance and suspense. Events such as Cary’s Rebellion and the Tuscarora War are brought to live and presented from a very human perspective. From the castles of Switzerland to the glamorous British court and the wilds of early North Carolina this sweeping historic drama, inspired by de Graffenried's own memoir and written by one of his descendants, follows the Baron as he works to carve a civilization out of the wilderness with his genteel bride by his side, who has left her fiance to start a new life with her true love.
Book Bubbles from Knight of the Purple Ribbon
Identity Crisis
Christoph has never fulfilled his potential in life because he has always given into his aristocratic father's wishes and led a life that was wrong for him. Realizing that he has disappointed his father and himself, he wonders if he will have the opportunity to be the man he is intended to be before it is too late. These first pages set up a recurring theme of Christoph's desire to redeem himself and prove, on his own terms, that his critical, overbearing father has underestimated him.
