A couple weeks ago, I read Dream Girl by Lauren Mechling and met Claire Voyante. She’s fantastic! The second book about Claire’s life, Dream Life, just came out. I haven’t read it yet, but I planning on getting it soon! All the reviews I’ve seen about it have been great. Apparently it isn’t in a lot of stores, but you should definitely ask at your retailer of choice so they know you’re looking for it. You can find it on Amazon as well. So without further ado, I welcome Claire to my blog!
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Greetings and salutations, book lovers! I’m Claire Voyante, the main character of Dream Life, Lauren Mechling’s rip-roaring detective novel (and no, it is not immodest to say that about a book you didn’t write but in which you star—I checked in one of my grandmother Kiki’s etiquette books).
Dream Life is all about what happened after I found out my best friend Becca had just joined a super-exclusive, centuries-old secret society called the Blue Moons. I figured out how to wiggle my way into the club, and, of course, much drama ensued. I warmly invite you to check Dream Life out—it’s available at select bookstores or an Internet site near you.
When Dream Girl, the first book in the series, came out, my creator Lauren fielded questions from bloggers and journalists. Lauren is currently underground working on a secret project so I offered to step in and relief pitch. I’m taking a page from Ann Landers’s book and writing an advice column. The questions came from fans of the series. The answers came from the heart.
Dear Claire,
I’ve been dating this guy David for a month, He’s totally great—he’s funny and he’s an amazing cellist and he smells crazy good—but he’s also kind of weird. He doesn’t speak in typical sentences. He’s really into free association, which can be cool, but it can also be hard to follow what he’s saying. He’s coming over to my dad’s 40th birthday party and he’s never met my parents before. I’m nervous what they’re going to do when they ask him where he lives and he says: “Blue sky. . . beneath the mellow. . . bi-bim-bop.”
It’s less than a week away. Help!
Yours,
Cassie, Or As Dave Says “Lady Flip-Flop Hoo-Hah”
Dear COADSLFFHH,
Yikes! You’re introducing your spoken word artist beau to your parents at a party, in front of all of their friends? This could be really stressful.
If you can’t organize a get-together beforehand, I think the only solution is to offer to DJ the party and make a mix of all jazz songs. When the party starts turn the volume waaaaay up. And when he starts be-bop-talking over the sounds of John Coltrane or Miles Davis, you can laugh too loud and let your parents assume he’s imitating the scat-talk of the music, and he’s just the most hilarious thing since Andy Sandberg did that “Shy Rodney” video with Rihanna on Saturday Night Live.
L’ammour toujours!
Claire
Dream Life by Lauren Mechling — Trailer from Richie Williams on Vimeo.
