Rude Boy USA
By Victoria
Bolton
Genre: Crime
Fiction
Book Description
Say good-bye to the era of
godfathers. The Chimera Group has put a new face on organized crime.
Mob boss Bernie Banks and his
associates—John, Ben, and Jerome—differ from your ordinary Sicilian and Irish
mob families. Two white, two black, they style themselves after the Rude Boy
culture made popular in Jamaica.
Operating as a shell investment
company supported by illegal activities, the Chimera Group hopes to become as
powerful as other crime families and gain respect from the Cosa Nostra. Bernie,
a war veteran of Jewish and Greek descent, begins his business in his apartment
and grows it into a multimillion-dollar empire. He and his crew resemble a more
sophisticated subculture of urban street gangsters with their Ray-Ban
sunglasses, loafers, and debonair style. But they want fear and admiration.
Their efforts draw the attention of
the rival Ambrosino family, and they face internal strife when one of the
associates begins dating a former Playboy Club waitress who wants in on the
group.
Will they make it to
the top, or will they fall?
INTERVIEW:
1.
Can you tell
us a little about yourself (not in the bio)?
I am single
and work as a computer tech during the day. I write in the evenings. I used to
be in the Air Force many years ago and I act in tv and movies sometimes
whenever I have free time. I have had mixed results with my acting when it came
to the response.
I wrote my
first story back in 1996 and it was an interesting project for me. The idea
came after watching a friend make a series of mistakes that I did not want to
emulate. I could have continued to write more but I felt that I needed to live
life a little longer so I can have better stories.
2.
What is your
guilty pleasure, I can’t miss it TV show?
House of
Cards, Mad Men, Orange is the New Black. I like shows that mirror real life so
I am big on Netflix right now. I love the documentaries. I loved all of the OJ
Simpson specials. I even love Project Runway because of the design element. I
can binge watch a series in a weekend.
3.
What is one
bad habit you would like to break?
Consuming
fried foods. I’m also shy and a procrastinator. I can’t say that I like being
any of those things. I’m working on that because I am almost sure that those
qualities have cost me relationship opportunities.
4.
If you could
go anywhere real or fictional where would it be?
I used to want
to visit places in Africa and even Europe, places that I’ve read about in books
since I was a teen but the world is so different now and not necessarily safe.
Hopefully that will change soon. I’m not that brave.
5.
What is your
favorite genre to read?
I like modern
history books, when I read I like to learn new things.
6.
Who is your
favorite author?
I don’t have
one favorite author. I like lots of authors because there are so many good
ones.
7.
Paperbacks,
hardcovers, or ebooks?
Hardcovers are
great design pieces but are not practical for every day because they are heavy,
at least not in today’s world. I like the idea of ebooks because they are less
taxing on the environment but holding a paperback makes a book intimate.
8.
When you
start writing do you follow a ‘traditional’ writing process or do you just
write and then go back and then solidify everything?
I just write
then go back and solidify. I start off with a blank Word document and start
typing. Eventually the story falls into place. My writing for this series
involved a lot of research, countless hours of verifying information to make
sure that the story made sense.
9.
Do you
currently have anything in the works? If so can you give us any
hints?
I wrote a book
twenty-one years ago called Looking for Mr. Potential. I self-published it in
2000. I am re-releasing that next year. I recently looked at it and to be
honest, I loved the story but I cringed so hard. Spelling and grammar errors,
bad editing etc. the cover was in your face. You can tell that an
eighteen-year-old wrote and released it. The goal is to do a real edit because
it sounds dated and redesign including cover and relaunch it.
10.
If you could
only give one piece of advice whether it be worldly, writing, or common sense
what would it be?
Follow your gut. Your gut is your built-in alarm system, it’s where your
confidence comes from. My gut told me that this is a good story that people may
enjoy it so just do it. It’s your project that you are solely designing. I am
used to people who have doubts about some of my decisions. I grew up with that.
However, in the past year and half, I have experience the absolute worst case
of salty friends, strangers and co-workers. If this was five years ago, I would
be drowning in a pool of tears because in my mind back then, I thought that
people were better than that. I think at some point, something in me changed
and wised up. There were many people who were trying to discourage me from even
writing this series because they found issue with what I was writing. They
didn’t like the subject matter; they didn’t like my
choices in who I chose to muse my characters after because for whatever reason
they were jealous of the guy. Others wanted me to just be quiet and blend in.
It was crazy. I am not a person who cares about peer pressure so I just kept
going with my work. I figure that if there is this much pushback then I am on
to something.
Author Bio
My name is
Victoria Bolton and I live in Westchester County, New York. I am a graduate of
the College of Westchester, and I work as a computer technician in schools and
is a part-time actress. I previously released the book Looking for Mr. Potential under the pen name La’Ketta T. Bolton in 2000 as
well as the sequel to Rude Boy Usa, BunnyWine. I am currently working on the
third installment of the Rude Boy USA series.
@bunny_celia
(Twitter)
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