Interview with Janet Mullany

Earlier this month I read and loved loved Janet Mullany's hilarious and sexy Regency Mr Bishop and the Actress.  I'm excited to share my interview with Ms. Mullany about her novel and her writing.  Read on and don't forget to enter to win a copy of Mr Bishop and the Actress!

What was the plot of your very first piece of fiction?

I think it was a plagiarized version of Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) but I got bored and couldn't figure out what was going to happen next. Astonishingly, that's how I still write (other than first person horse narratives and, I hope, the plagiarizing).

Was Mr Bishop and the Actress the original title of your book?

Yes. The title came first before I even knew what the book was about. It's a variant on the English joke where you add "as the actress said to the bishop" to any innocuous statement to make it sound filthy. It's the equivalent of adding "in bed" to a fortune cookie motto. (Go on. Try it, as the actress said to the bishop...)

As you were writing Mr Bishop and the Actress, was there a particular scene or character that surprised you?

Without adding spoilers ... Harry's mother's origins.

When you’re not writing, what do you like to do?

I garden, I volunteer as a docent at a local historical house, read, wrangle a cat. I'm really pretty boring.

Read any good books recently?

Yes! Started Early, Took the Dog by Kate Atkinson, and on the flimsiest of excuses, I started reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen again.

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My thanks to Ms. Mullany for her time.

GIVEAWAY!  I so loved this book I'm buying a copy to send to one lucky reader!  Leave a comment with an email address to be entered.  Open to US/international readers (if Book Depository ships to you).  Closes 7/8.  For another entry, comment on my review!

Comments

  1. BlodeueddJune 22, 2011 at 3:35 PM

    well yes then I will enter again :D
    blodeuedd1 at gmail dot com

    Lol, I hope that first Horse book was nice

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  2. JulieJune 22, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    Yes, I too am going to enter again, because I really, really want to read this book! Thanks for another chance:)

    jwitt33 at live dot com

    Z

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  3. JessieJune 22, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    Me me me!

    jeskimo dot kimono at gmail dot com

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  4. SerenaJune 22, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    no need to enter me, but I love the interview. not boring at all...I wonder what she does as a docent?!

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  5. lag123June 22, 2011 at 9:24 PM

    I would love to read a hilarious regency. Thanks forth giveaway!

    lag110 at mchsi dot com

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  6. BrittanyGaleJune 22, 2011 at 9:26 PM

    Please count me in :)

    quixoticdreamer(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  7. ShannonJune 22, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    Thank you for including me. =)
    tiredwkids at live dot com

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  8. buddytJune 23, 2011 at 2:07 AM

    Thanks for the giveaway and for opening it to worldwide entries.

    Please enter me.

    I Follow via GFC.

    Thanks.

    Carol T

    buddytho {at} gmail DOT com

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  9. karenkJune 23, 2011 at 1:00 PM

    thanks for the opportunity to read this novel :)

    karenk
    kmkuka at yahoo dot com

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  10. vvb32 readsJune 23, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    LOL - wrangling cats
    love that janet is reading jane austen!
    vvb32 at yahoo.com

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  11. Melissa @ Confessions of an Avid ReaderJune 23, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    This book sounds great! Thanks for the contest.

    confessions(dot)avidreader(at)gmail(dot)com

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  12. AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    I will enter again, as the actress said to the bishop. Look at that---it works!

    arcookson at yahoo dotcom

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