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Rachel Harris | Celebrity Crushes…A.K.A. Fulfilling My Childhood Dream
July 17, 2014
When I was eight years old, I fell hard and fast for Jordan Knight from New Kids
on the Block. I wallpapered my bedroom with his face, slept on a pillow with his
likeness, and even owned a doll—complete with unfortunate rat-tail. Many summer
days were spent daydreaming that the group’s tour bus would randomly break down
in front of my house, forcing them to stop inside to make a call, and he’d see
my prepubescent self and fall madly in love. Any surprise I became a fiction writer?? No surprise, that dream didn’t quite pan out. One dream that did was that
I became a published author. I began the journey with my young adult time-travel
series and then last summer, I decided to enter the exciting world of adult
romance. My debut, TASTE THE
HEAT, introduced readers to the world of Magnolia Springs, a fictional small
town based on the real ones I grew up in around New Orleans. That hero was a
widowed father fire captain and he instantly stole my heart. Next up was a
crooning restaurant owner/tatted up math nerd, and once again, my heart was a
goner. When it came time to write book three, I wasn’t sure how I could possibly
write a hero that could be better than my first two… And then I remembered my childhood daydreams. See, my Jordan Knight crushed morphed into a Justin Timberlake one in high
school. Later, it became an Adam Levine obsession, and don’t even get me started
on Luke Bryan. Musicians, whether they be of the pop, rock, or country
persuasion, have always floated my boat, and when I remembered that—and got a
giddy tingle in my gut—I knew I’d found my winner. Tyler Blue, the hero in ACCIDENTALLY MARRIED ON
PURPOSE, is a country music superstar. Women worldwide adore him, he writes
songs that make them weep, and he’s cute as hell. The best part? He falls for
Sherry Robicheaux, my wild child, fun-loving heroine that happens to have a
whole lot of me in her DNA. I just couldn’t help myself! I took those silly daydreams, the fan fiction I wrote in my head and even some
on paper (no, I will not be sharing those with anyone!), and I breathed new life
into them. In turn, those fantasies breathed new life into my writing. This book
practically wrote itself. I giggled and swooned right along with my characters.
A lump sat lodged in my throat through many scenes, even though I’d plotted the
whole thing and knew how it would turn out, because I was living this
story with them. I had become Sherry, Blue had become the embodiment of every
celebrity crush I’d ever had, and I fulfilled that childhood wish. Somewhere, eight-year-old Rachel is sitting in her Jordan Knight bedroom,
kicking her feet and grinning. At my cluttered desk in Northwest Houston, so is
thirty-four-year old Rachel. What about you? Who was your childhood crush? Anyone else plaster the walls
with cute boy posters? Comment below to be entered to win a copy of TASTE THE HEAT.
Comments
30 comments posted.
Re: Rachel Harris | Celebrity Crushes…A.K.A. Fulfilling My Childhood Dream
Oh my... I remember the posters from magazines that I used to keep... I actually have a folder from elementary that still has a few in it... I crushed on Jordan also... had pics of young Tom Cruise, Van Damme, lol...
(Colleen Conklin 12:48pm July 17, 2014)
I never had a crush, the only posters on my walls were of
animals.
(Jen Barnard 1:18pm July 17, 2014)
I can't remember having a crush back in the ancient days
when I was a youngster.(The 1940s)There was no such thing
as posters to plaster on the walls of my room. All my spare time was spent with my nose in a book. Books and reading
were my main interest!!!
(Patricia Cochran 10:07pm July 17, 2014)
It was Richard Dean Anderson. I just love him as McGwyver.
(Kai Wong 10:23pm July 17, 2014)
There was no space on the walls of the room I shared with my
sister because of all the pics she had of Shawn Cassidy, the
Bay City Rollers, David Bowie and other 70s 'heartthrobs'.
She was older and meaner so she got her way. Luckily we
agreed on our love for Duran Duran later on.
(Glenda Martillotti 11:35pm July 17, 2014)
I didn't have any special movie star. My things were books. I could read all day and love it
(Cindy Olp 12:47pm July 18, 2014)
A poster of Peter Fonda riding his motorcycle and those wonderful paper flowers made of wire.
(Judi Estrin 3:29am July 18, 2014)
Mine was John Travolta.
(Mary Smith 5:57am July 18, 2014)
thanks for the contest and taste the heat sounds like a good story. Happy summer
(Gloria Vigil 7:11am July 18, 2014)
I don't remember having a movie star crush back in the 60's.
(Deanna Church 8:18am July 18, 2014)
Dating myself but I had the biggest crush on Freddie Mercury
(buck teeth and all).
(Donna Antonio 8:22am July 18, 2014)
David Cassidy was mine, I had posters all over the wall. Congratulations on your book.
Penney
(Penney Wilfort 9:44am July 18, 2014)
I never really had a crush on a movie star...just the boy across the street! HA This looks like a great book to read! Thanks for the giveaway!!
(Bonnie Capuano 10:05am July 18, 2014)
Matt Dillon, Donnie Wahlberg, Cory Feldman...that morphed into Brett Michaels, Mark Slaughter, Tommy Lee and Sebastian Bach. Guess I've always had a thing for rebels!
(Heather Sterner 10:40am July 18, 2014)
William Shatner. Congratulations and best wishes.
(Sharon Berger 10:59am July 18, 2014)
My childhood crush was Tom Cruise.
(Pam Howell 11:07am July 18, 2014)
Mine was the Beetles.
(Debra Guyette 11:32am July 18, 2014)
This would probably date me, but I remember having a crush
on Paul McCarney when he was with the Beatles, and also with
one of the Monkees, but I won't say which one!! I'm looking
forward to reading your book, because it's going to take me
back in time, and take me forward as well. It'll be a kind
of culture shock of sorts, but a fun one!! Congratulations
on your book!!
(Peggy Roberson 11:38am July 18, 2014)
Okay. So this will really date me by my crushes were Shawn Cassidy and Sam Elliott. A hot cowboy and a teen idol. Congrats on the book!
(Heather Doyle 11:46am July 18, 2014)
The guys from New Kids On the Block. :)
(Amber McCallister 12:26pm July 18, 2014)
I had several crushes when I was young. David Cassidy, Davy Jones and so many of the cutie patooties featured in the teen magazines of the day. There pictures were plastered all over my room and even on the ceiling so their face was the last thing I would see at night. So serious back then but quite laughable now. My mother was a VERY patient woman I have decided.
(Debbie Kelly 1:26pm July 18, 2014)
What a great title for a book!
(Maria Proctor 2:06pm July 18, 2014)
Shawn Cassidy and Donnie Osmond. Yes I did have posters of
them!
(Denise Austin 2:20pm July 18, 2014)
All the time! I was big on cute boy bands.
(Nicole Wright 2:28pm July 18, 2014)
Farrah FAWCETT
(Ron Frampton 3:02pm July 18, 2014)
Went from David Cassidy to Shaun Cassidy!
(Vicki Hancock 12:40pm July 19, 2014)
I never had a crush on a movie star or a poster on the wall. I started reading romance as a preteen and focused on the characters.
(Marcy Shuler 12:57pm July 19, 2014)
Jordan Knight and the rest of NKOTB, not to mention the Backstreet Boys!
(Anita H 2:18am July 19, 2014)
Though I didnt have posters on my wall of him, John Taylor
from Duran Duran.
(Suzy F. 4:09pm July 19, 2014)
Jonathan Brandis was my big crush :)
(Skye Dyma 9:20am July 29, 2014)
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