Royalties by Andy Marx Excerpt, Interview & Giveaway

Royalties

by Andy Marx

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BLURB:

America has never seen anything to match the innovation, energy, romance, and excitement of the 20th Century. And the embodiment of all this is Eve Solomon, a young woman who embraces the vitality of the times with a fervor. Determined to make a name for herself in the fledgling music business of 1908, she ultimately becomes wildly successful. But the same steely determination that takes her to the heights of the entertainment world cannot bring her the one thing she wants more than anything: the love of her life, Alex Getz, a struggling Vaudeville comic who becomes one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. As their careers and lives intersect across the years, there is a price to pay—a royalty for true love that can never be measured.

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Excerpt 

Three little words.

That’s all they were, but every time she heard him say them, they had the same impact.

“Marry me, Eve,” came the voice through the phone.

“Alex, how many times have I heard that from you?” Eve paused to catch her breath. Though almost eighty-five, her bright eyes and delicate face made her look much younger.

“I don’t know how much time I’ve got left, but I want to spend it with you,” Alex said.

Eve sat alone on a couch in the living room of her rambling Beverly Hills home, trying to comprehend what she was hearing. She remembered all the times Alex had proposed, always to have something, usually another woman, get in the way. Hurt at the memory, her thoughts turned to the current Mrs. Getz, his curvaceous thirty-five-year-old former secretary. It had only been five years since they were married.

“Where’s Marcie?” Eve asked, guessing she had probably walked out on him, like the previous three wives. Eve wondered if she’d kept her sanity, something not one of the others managed during their stormy marriages to Alex.

“She’s dead.” He paused and then continued. “I shot the b***h ten minutes ago.”

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Andy Marx is an award-winning writer and photographer, whose work has appeared in Variety, The Los Angeles Times and Entertainment Weekly, among others. He is also the co-founder of the comedy website, Hollywood & Swine, known for its lampooning of the entertainment industry. His paternal grandfather was the legendary comedian, Groucho Marx, and his maternal grandfather, the renowned songwriter, Gus Kahn. Marx lives in Beverly Hills with his wife and three children.

Interview:

1. What kind of music you like?

                Having grown up in a family that listened to all types of music, I pretty much like everything, but my absolute favorite is jazz. My parents had a great collection of jazz records and I used to listen to those over and over. I also thought many of the jazz records had some of the greatest covers.

2. What is the first curse word that comes to mind?  How often and why do you use it?

“F**k.” I probably use it at least a dozen times a day. It rolls off the tongue easily and is great for various emotions.

3. How would you spend ten thousand bucks?

Immediately go to the nearest camera store and buy all the stuff I’ve been wishing for.

4.  What part of the writing process do you dread?

           Starting a new project, which always seems to be the hardest thing. Once I’ve got a few pages down, I can really get on a roll and write for quite a while.

5.  Where do you get your best ideas?

          I seem to get a lot of my ideas when I’m out riding my bicycle for hours at a time. When I do one of my 100-mile rides, I’m usually on the bike for six or seven hours and that gives me a lot of time to think up new ideas and outline ones I’ve already come up with.

Website:  www.andymarx.com

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