Kimberly Pauley

Book Launch Party: Day 8: Cecil Castelluci

All About Cecil
My guest today is the über-cool Cecil Castelluci. She’s one of the authors I would most like to hang out with in person (and, bummer, I’ve never gotten to…we were both doing signings at ALA at the Mirrorstone booth and I got to see her, but our schedules crossed so I never got to actually hang with her). She’s a writer and a director besides being a cool person with a really fun fashion sense (seriously, go look at the pictures on her website). She’s a founding member of the Alpha 60 film club and an indie rock musician and has even lived in Paris before. *Sigh* I feel so un-cool.

You can learn more about Cecil at her official website:  www.misscecil.com

All About Boy Proof
Meet Egg. Her real name is Victoria Jurgen, but she’s renamed herself after the kick-ass heroine of her favorite sci-fi movie, TERMINAL EARTH. Like her namesake, Egg dresses all in white, colors her eyebrows, and shaves her head. She always knows the right answers, she’s always in control, and she’s far too busy — taking photos for the school paper, meeting with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Club, and hanging out at the “creature shop” with her dad, the special-effects makeup wizard — to be bothered with friends, much less members of the opposite sex. As far as Egg is concerned, she’s boy proof, and she likes it that way. But then Egg meets a boy named Max, a boy who’s smart and funny and creative and cool . . . and happens to like Egg. Could this be the end of the world — at least as Egg knows it?
 
What happens when an antisocial cinephile meets up with the worldly new guy at school — a quick-witted artist who’s savvy enough to see through her sci-fi disguise?

 
The Q&A
Here’s my question for Cecil…

What movie do you wish you’d been involved in the production of (from any era)? Why?

And her answer…

Normally I would say Star Wars.  That would be my default answer.  But I think that it might have been really fun to work with Mabel Normand, Buster Keaton, Fatty Arbuckle,  Clara Bow and the other greats from the silent era.  Imagine, if you will, the excitement of being involved the creation of a new art form.  People were running around Hollywood and making movies and it seems as though it was very exciting.  So I’m going to say, while I would love to have been involved in Star Wars or any other number of other movies from a more modern era, I think that it would have been amazing to be involved in the Silent Era.

And Cecil’s question for me…

What is your absolutely favorite vampire a) movie b) TV show and c) book?

And my answer…

Hmmmmmmm. Yeesh, it’s so hard when people ask me my favorite anything. I have a hard time narrowing things down because it kind of depends upon what mood I’m in. So, let’s see…today I’d say…for movie…perhaps the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Kristy Swanson or Once Bitten, Twice Shy with Lauren Hutten. Can you tell I’m going for the funny here?

For TV Show…er, well…I can’t say that I’ve ever actually watched any vampire TV shows. I’ve never seen Buffy or Angel or whatever the name of the new one is with the guy with curly hair. I don’t think I’ve ever watched any vampire TV. I’ll keep thinking, but I’m pretty sure I haven’t. Wait – would The Addams Family or The Munsters count?

As for books…I like Cynthia’s Tantalize a lot. And I liked Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire when I was younger, though it has been so long since I read it that I can’t hardly remember what was in it. Other than that, it’s hard to say since I stopped reading vampire stuff once the publisher bought my book.

Geez, it’s a wonder I wrote a book featuring vampires, huh?

The Giveaway

Ready to meet Egg? All you’ve got to do to win a copy of Boy Proof is visit Cecil’s website and then email me at kim @ kimberlypauley.com with the subject line “Rock On, Miss Cecil!” and tell me…what is one of the names of her bands (any one of ‘em will do — one of the bands she’s been in)? Be sure to enter by September 9th!

And don’t forget to check out all the other posts about the other awesome authors I’m featuring during the Sucks to Be Me Book Launch Party!! And heck, tell your teacher or librarian about how I’m giving away an Author Visit (I’d love to meet you in person!)