Lights, Conflict, Chemistry: When a TV Set Turns Into a Battleground of Hearts with Author Noel Stark

About this episode

Teri M Brown interviews author Noel Stark about her book Love, Camera, Action and the complexities of romance in the TV industry.

My guest today on the Online for Authors podcast is Noel Stark, author of the book Love, Camera, Action. Noël Stark has worked in almost every film and TV industry position, appearing in Land of the Dead and DeGrassi, writing for Paw Patrol, producing over 200 hours of scripted and unscripted television, and having her film Stronger at both the Sundance and Toronto International Film Festivals. Although Canadian, she lives in Hollywood with her young son, who desperately misses winter. She likes chocolate milk in her coffee and gets most of her real-world intel from her three step-children. In my book review, I stated Love, Camera, Action by Noel Stark is a contemporary romance - with a good deal of humor! Of course, I need to say upfront, that this book is steamy, so for my readers who prefer closed door sex scenes, this book is more than that and skipping the scenes isn't really possible. That said, despite not usually reading steamy myself, I became quickly hooked by the characters and wanted to see it through. The premise is that Cali, an up-and-coming TV director, is great at directing sex scenes, so she is hired for a show for a couple of steamy episodes. She meets up…

People in this episode

Host: Teri M Brown

Guest: Noel Stark

Topics covered

• romance
• TV industry
• character development
• humor
• steamy scenes

Keywords

• Noel Stark
• Love, Camera, Action
• romance
• TV director
• character depth
• steamy romance
• humor

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Love, Camera, Action, Land of the Dead, DeGrassi, Paw Patrol, Stronger

Places: Hollywood, Canada

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