With release of 10th novel, Allison Winn Scotch explains ways writers need help from their readers
Allison Winn Scotch has written popular novels including “Cleo McDougall Regrets Nothing” and “Time of My Life.”
For her 10th novel, best-selling author Allison Winn Scotch was inspired by the idea of a popular female star whose career and image are threatened by a scandal and the lengths she'll go to restore her reputation.
“In the time of post-#MeToo, women still have it harder, they’re still put under a microscope in a different way. They are still judged over the smallest slip-up. And, I was interested in seeing how that could derail a woman’s life.”
“Take Two, Birdie Maxwell” is about an actor, named Birdie Maxwell — who is best-known for her rom-coms. She returns home to her small town after a PR disaster to plot her next movie, and discovers an unsigned love note from years prior. Birdie decides the best way to rehab her reputation would be to distract the public and get them invested in her reconciliation with a former boyfriend who wrote her this love letter.
Her longtime best-friend's brother, Elliot, who is now a reporter, agrees to help Birdie track down each of her exes and find out who wrote that letter.
