New Adult Book Club discussion

Kirstie Collins Brote is a former personal trainer, toddler teacher, and perfume spritzer, whose real calling in life is attempting to make words and phrases perform tumbling routines on a blank page. After shuffling three kids off to school, and one husband off to work, she can usually be found hunched over her laptop, untangling the messy lives of the many characters taking up space in her head while simultaneously draining yet another can of Diet Coke.

Her first novel, Beware of Love in Technicolor, is the New Adult coming-of-age story about Greer Bennett, a freshman in college, and most definitely a freshman when it comes to love and sex. Released in June of 2013, it is the first book in the Beware of Love series, following Greer through two years of college and the craziness that comes with it: love, sex, parties, and friendship. Kirstie is currently working on the second book, where things really start to get intense as Greer puts her new-found ease with the O to the test, racks up unimaginable credit card debt, and struggles with the subtle differences between love and lust. All set in the nineties, of course, and with all the requisite 90s references. Release date for the second book in the Beware of Love series is January 2014.

Kirstie is also working on another novel, an experiment in writing without any sort of plan other than what can fit in her head. No notes, not plot outlines, no character sketches. It is called Evolution of a Story, and you can read along as she writes it on her blog at http://kirstiecollinsbrote.wordpress..... It is a quirky story about a reluctant medium, two dead women who won’t leave her alone, and a vintage Pucci handbag with a big secret. It is a lot of fun.

Kirstie’s blog (http://kirstiecollinsbrote.wordpress....) is where you can get sneak peeks from the upcoming novel, excerpts that were cut from the original Beware of Love in Technicolor, and now that Kirstie is living in the same college town that inspired Greer’s story, photos from special places are known to pop up once in a while. You may even find some rants about the writing life, musings on the meaning of life, flash fiction, and some love for Beverly Hills 90210 and Sharknado.

You can also come by the Beware of Love in Technicolor Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/BewareOfLove...) to say hello.

1.)By doing some math I learned that you went to college around the same time Greer has, how much of you life was implemented into hers?

2.) What do you feel Greer's greatest down fall was?

3.) If you could go back and rewrite anything in Beware of Love in Technicolor what would it be, why?

4.) Greer was with John when she kissed the guy at Disneyland, do you feel she had the right to be mad when she was also cheating on someone?

5.) As the author did you ever feel sorry for Abby or want us as readers to?

6.) What was Greer's best and worst attribute?

7.) How much further do you plan on taking the series?

8.) Any advice for any aspiring authors? This includes the writing, promotion, publication process and any bumps in the road you found.

Hi Kirstie! I finished reading Beware of Love after a friend recommended it to me. I am curious about the movie references. Are you a movie buff, or was this just a quirk you gave to Greer?

I'm happy to see your answers for 4 and 5! I never really felt sorry for Abby, she just seemed so toxic to Greer's relationship and if she were not there a lot would have not happened but I guess that was the point of her!


Thanks for your speedy response!

hi Kirstie.
I just finished Beware of love in Technicolor over the weekend and I really enjoyed it. I was wondering what made you decide to write it as a reflective story instead of one set in 1990.