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Title: My Interview With Lara Parker
Post by: David on August 23, 2013, 03:48:53 PM
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2013/08/ode_to_angelique_sked_for_morn.php
Title: Re: My Interview With Lara Parker
Post by: dom on August 23, 2013, 05:06:00 PM
Wonderful, David, I enjoyed it very, very much.
Title: Re: My Interview With Lara Parker
Post by: David on August 23, 2013, 05:30:56 PM
Thanks. I had titled it Ode to Angelique, but Mr. Editor changed that!
Anyway, I'll be seeing her at the signing tonight! [ghost_smiley]
Title: Re: My Interview With Lara Parker
Post by: dom on August 23, 2013, 05:56:19 PM
Have a good time.
Title: Re: My Interview With Lara Parker
Post by: DarkLady on August 23, 2013, 07:08:20 PM
Congratulations! Interesting and well written too!
Title: Re: My Interview With Lara Parker
Post by: Gerard on August 23, 2013, 07:50:18 PM
David, you always do such a marvelous job!  I wish I had your talent and ability!

Gerard (A Writer Wannabe Tha'll Neverbe)
Title: Re: My Interview With Lara Parker
Post by: Janet the Wicked on August 23, 2013, 10:06:53 PM
I've read a lot of criticism on Ms. Parker's books, but I like her writing. I enjoyed The Salem Branch book and am looking forward to reading Wolf Moon Rising. I'm actually thrilled that she has taken the time out to do this. Well, it's neat that some of the actors are still into the show. I think that's a rare thing.
Title: Re: My Interview With Lara Parker
Post by: Bob_the_Bartender on August 23, 2013, 10:41:46 PM
David,

In your wonderful article, Ms. Parker mentions that she's basically a shy person.  I believe that Dark Shadows writer Matthew Hall once wrote that Ms. Parker impressed him  (as a young boy) as also being a somewhat shy, albeit an extremely nice and obviously beautiful young woman, when Ms. Parker visited his parents Sam and Grayson Hall at their New York City apartment during Dark Shadows' filming during the late 1960s.

Of course, we all know that Dr. Julia Hoffman was also the author of books on both the history of the Collins family and on the life and times of the inimitable Dr. Eric Lang.  It's just too bad that the prolific writer/doctor did not also decide to write profiles on the many other notable and fascinating personalities of both Collinwood and Collinsport, a la the late writer, James Brady, in "Parade Magazine."  (Can you imagine how the keen-eyed Julia Hoffman would, no doubt, have written engrossing profiles on the heady likes of Nicholas Blair, Donna Friedlander and "Buzz" Hackett?) [ghost_grin]

Congratulations on your superb article on the eternally beautiful and talented Lara Parker.

Bob
Title: Re: My Interview With Lara Parker
Post by: David on August 26, 2013, 12:17:53 AM
Thanks, everyone.
Lara got about 50 people for her SF signing--it was a fun, lively event.
The store owner hopes to book Kathryn.

Gerard: don't put yourself down. Take a writing class & develop your hidden talents!
Title: Re: My Interview With Lara Parker
Post by: Gerard on August 26, 2013, 02:18:42 AM
I didn't care much for The Salem Branch, but I absolutely adored Angelique's Descent.  The latter was filled with historical aspects.  Ms. Parker evidentally did her research.  The revelation that Anglique was mulatto was simply stunning and how her white father used her was shocking.  One can understand why she did all the things she did.  She grew up used and abused.  She, as a child, saw her best friend murdered brutally.  To me, Angelique's Descent was a powerful book.  It explains so much.

Gerard