US: Nobody Loves a Bigfoot Like a Bigfoot Babe by Simon Okill
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| Nobody Loves a Bigfoot Like a Bigfoot Babe by Simon Okill |
by Simon Okill
The Northern California town of Big Beaver has become a haven for Bigfoot, alien sightings and is home to The Phantom Bigfoot Bather. One particularly weird Beaverite, Duane, has kept the Bigfoot a secret, but to his utter dismay, a female Bigfoot abducts a teenager. Duane must use all his guile to stop his secret from getting out, especially now that MB, his close friend and crypto-zoologist, is on the trail, along with Sheriff Lou and the FBI. Can Duane keep his Bigfoot friends a secret? And what does MB discover deep in the forest?
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Author Quiz interviews Simon Okill…
What's the best and worst thing about being an author?
The best thing about writing is being left alone to create a new world into which I become a complete part of. The worst thing about writing is being hassled to market your beloved novel which cancels out all the above.
Where did the inspiration for Nobody Loves a Bigfoot Like a Bigfoot Babe come from?
My inspiration for Nobody Loves a Bigfoot Like a Bigfoot Babe came to me during a particularly vivid dream after watching a Twin Peaks episode followed by the film Super Troopers – not recommended. Most of all I am dismayed by the amount of terrible B-movies depicting Bigfoot as a ferocious cannibalistic monster. I thought, why not portray him as a sweet-natured kinda guy?
If your book, Nobody Loves a Bigfoot Like a Bigfoot Babe, was made into a movie who would you want to play the main character and why?
My choice for lead actor would be Matthew McConaughey to play Duane Dexter. Matthew would fit perfectly into Duane-o’s Bigfoot duds and if the duds fit, wear ‘em.
If you could invite one character from your novel to a dinner party who would it be and why?
I’d choose Duane-o, ‘cause he’s such a fun-loving guy, loves animals, is good-natured, cheeky and downright sneaky. He’d have to clean up first, though. He’s the guy you’d like to have as a best friend.
Do you have any useful marketing tips for other authors?
Yeah, if you possibly can, pay some pro to market the book for you. I haven’t written a word in over a month.
How do you see the publishing industry changing over the next few years?
I can see the market going totally ebook. The paperback will be extinct.
What are some of your favourite quotes from reviews that you've received?
I’ve had three 5* ratings on Goodreads. The only review so far, as it’s early days yet, came from my publisher, Jeremy Soldevilla, who said Nobody Loves a Bigfoot Like a Bigfoot Babe is so unique and that he loved it.
Would you rather have great reviews but average sales or great sales but average reviews?
I guess I’d prefer great reviews and average sales, but don’t tell my publisher that.
What advice would you give to a new author who has just finished writing their first novel and is unsure as to what steps to take next?
The best advice I can give is don’t quit. It took me years of painful rejections to get this far. Don’t worry too much about getting an agent. I don’t have one. That might change any day soon now, but at least I keep all the money. Do your research properly and send your novel to the right publisher looking for similar material. Right your query letter in the same style as the novel.
Who do you see as your target audience?
My target audience would be New Adult – 18-30s with a broad sense of humor.
Is there a TV series or movie which you think would appeal to a similar audience as Nobody Loves a Bigfoot Like a Bigfoot Babe?
My audience would find the Broken Lizards’ Super Troopers very funny.
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Thanks for your comments, Simon, and good luck with your writing.
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A short sample from Nobody Loves A Bigfoot Like A Bigfoot Babe:
With almost unbearable excitement, she stared
at him unzipping his jeans to urinate. She saw the steady flow of his pee on
the ground and against the tree. The
smell of his manly essence and muskiness aroused her.
She swished her hips suggestively, cooing,
“Woooo-woooo-woooo.”
Behind the cover of the thickets, Olaaa
placed each big foot to the ground with extreme care and walked towards her
unsuspecting plaything. She stopped behind the leak tree and listened to him
zip up his fly. Olaaa breathed heavily with excitement. She licked her lips.
An owl screeched, as if to alert Olaaa’s pale
one, but the plaything was a little too happy on the juice to heed the warning
of the wise old owl. He belched.
The chosen one called out. Olaaa thought he
was calling to her. Olaaa sighed on hearing the pretty pale one’s voice. She
sniffed the night air then sniffed her own pungent odor. She sniffed her very
hairy, excessively damp armpits.
She snorted nasally with disgust. She smelled
like a raccoon’s behind. She needed a good dowsing in the river if she was
going to attract her pretty boy.
“Woooooo-wooooooo,” she called her plaintive
mating call excitedly into the night.
The unfamiliar calling sound—which was so
loud it seemed to be inches from his ear—which it actually was, suddenly warned
the plaything. He reacted as if in danger. Before he could cry out, a big hairy
hand, pink and calloused, came up to his face and covered his mouth, stifling
his scream.
Olaaa was so excited she let out her mating
call.
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