Please welcome Portia MacIntosh author of Between a Rockstar & a Hard Place.
About Portia:
When she was fifteen-years-old, Portia MacIntosh fell in with a bad crowd… rockstars.
After disappearing on tour and living the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle for a few years, Portia landed a job in the music industry – but only so that she didn’t have to join the real world just yet.
Now in her twenties, Portia is ready to spill the beans on the things she has witnessed over the years. Well, kind of. If her famous friends knew that she was borrowing their lives to inspire her fiction, they would stop inviting her on tour and banish her from the inner circle. Then she really would have to rejoin the real world, and she’s still not ready.
Portia only started writing novels to share her secrets, but then she realised she actually quite liked writing – maybe even more than she likes living on a bus with a bunch of smelly boys – and has since tried her hand at writing about other things.
Chips, chocolate or cheese?
Without a moment's hesitation, chocolate.
Bridget Jones, Becky Bloomwood or Carrie Bradshaw?
I love Carrie. I think I probably have the most in common with her too.
Wine, beer or vodka?
Vodka! All the prettiest and yummiest alcoholic drinks are vodka based.
Camping or spa vacation?
Spa, for sure. I would not do well with camping - sleeping on a tour bus is as rough as I'll go.
Water or Mountains?
Water - so long as I'm on it, and not in it.
Zombies or Vampires?
Zombies. I love films, books and TV shows about zombies, and if push came to shove, I feel like they'd be easier to contend with. The media has prepared me for an apocalypse [laughs].
Dogs or Cats?
Dogs are my favourite.
Coke or Pepsi?
Coke. Lana Del Rey has sort of ruined Pepsi for me...
Coffee or tea?
Coffee. The kind that takes a really long time to order in Starbucks.
Dine out or take away?
Dine out. I'm not big on take away food.
High heels, sneakers or flip flops
Heels, every time. Unless they're sneakers with a heel, they're the best of both worlds.
Physical book or ebook?
I love both. ebooks are great because you can carry so many around with you, but if I fall asleep reading one on my iPad it hurts more when it hits me face. You can't beat physical books though really, they're beautiful.
Paperback or Hardcover?
Paperback. Again, it hurts less if you fall asleep reading one in bed.
Pen or Pencil?
Pen. I'm hardcore.
Mad Men, Downton Abbey or Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad may well be one of the greatest TV shows ever made.
Drama or Comedy?
Comedy, I love to laugh.
Twilight or Hunger Games?
I haven't actually read either. Twilight makes me think of Robert Pattinson, though. He's handsome.
Lipstick, lipgloss or chapstick?
Lipstick. Although I get through a lot of all three.
Facebook or Twitter
I adore Twitter. I use it too much.
Plot your entire novel or fly by the seat of your pants?
A healthy mixture of both.
When she was fifteen-years-old, Portia MacIntosh fell in with a bad crowd… rockstars.
After disappearing on tour and living the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle for a few years, Portia landed a job in the music industry – but only so that she didn’t have to join the real world just yet.
Now in her twenties, Portia is ready to spill the beans on the things she has witnessed over the years. Well, kind of. If her famous friends knew that she was borrowing their lives to inspire her fiction, they would stop inviting her on tour and banish her from the inner circle. Then she really would have to rejoin the real world, and she’s still not ready.
Portia only started writing novels to share her secrets, but then she realised she actually quite liked writing – maybe even more than she likes living on a bus with a bunch of smelly boys – and has since tried her hand at writing about other things.
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Would You Rather... with Portia MacIntosh
Chips, chocolate or cheese?
Without a moment's hesitation, chocolate.
Bridget Jones, Becky Bloomwood or Carrie Bradshaw?
I love Carrie. I think I probably have the most in common with her too.
Wine, beer or vodka?
Vodka! All the prettiest and yummiest alcoholic drinks are vodka based.
Camping or spa vacation?
Spa, for sure. I would not do well with camping - sleeping on a tour bus is as rough as I'll go.
Water or Mountains?
Water - so long as I'm on it, and not in it.
Zombies or Vampires?
Zombies. I love films, books and TV shows about zombies, and if push came to shove, I feel like they'd be easier to contend with. The media has prepared me for an apocalypse [laughs].
Dogs or Cats?
Dogs are my favourite.
Coke or Pepsi?
Coke. Lana Del Rey has sort of ruined Pepsi for me...
Coffee or tea?
Coffee. The kind that takes a really long time to order in Starbucks.
Dine out or take away?
Dine out. I'm not big on take away food.
High heels, sneakers or flip flops
Heels, every time. Unless they're sneakers with a heel, they're the best of both worlds.
Physical book or ebook?
I love both. ebooks are great because you can carry so many around with you, but if I fall asleep reading one on my iPad it hurts more when it hits me face. You can't beat physical books though really, they're beautiful.
Paperback or Hardcover?
Paperback. Again, it hurts less if you fall asleep reading one in bed.
Pen or Pencil?
Pen. I'm hardcore.
Mad Men, Downton Abbey or Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad may well be one of the greatest TV shows ever made.
Drama or Comedy?
Comedy, I love to laugh.
Twilight or Hunger Games?
I haven't actually read either. Twilight makes me think of Robert Pattinson, though. He's handsome.
Lipstick, lipgloss or chapstick?
Lipstick. Although I get through a lot of all three.
Facebook or Twitter
I adore Twitter. I use it too much.
Plot your entire novel or fly by the seat of your pants?
A healthy mixture of both.
Between a Rockstar and a Hard Place
Being best friends with a mega-star has its perks and Nicole Wilde, music journalist, laps them up. But when said friend, Dylan King, gorgeous lead singer of The Burnouts, has zero sense of self-preservation – once a drop of alcohol hits his blood stream ‒ and an inability to keep ‘little Dylan’ in his pants, it also comes with responsibilities.
Now, Nicole has to track down Dylan in time to play a charity gig tomorrow. Half a dozen groupies, a haunted hotel, a tattoo parlour, a reality show runner-up and a crazy bed-hopping, sleepless night later – will she find him before the tour bus leaves town? And when she does, is it time to head home? Or to jump on the tour bus and go along for the ride!
Now, Nicole has to track down Dylan in time to play a charity gig tomorrow. Half a dozen groupies, a haunted hotel, a tattoo parlour, a reality show runner-up and a crazy bed-hopping, sleepless night later – will she find him before the tour bus leaves town? And when she does, is it time to head home? Or to jump on the tour bus and go along for the ride!