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| Lawrence Fisher, Author KILL ME NOW! |
Please welcome Lawrence Fisher, who turned his dating escapades into prose to remind us "to have fun and enjoy life." Although frank, his book KILL ME NOW! is filled with humor that "is pointed and slaps the reader in the face with its realism.” When Fisher is not writing about his
dates, he works in computers and education. He also holds a personal fitness trainer certification, and currently lives in Tel Aviv.
Don’t miss the excerpt following the
interview.
Q: Why did you
write KILL ME NOW!?
Lawrence
Fisher: It
kind of like wrote itself. I went on a date and my friends asked me how it went
and when I told them they packed out laughing. I started a blog about amusing
or horrifying dates and one reader said that I should start a book and so I
did.
Q: Is KILL ME NOW! a “how to” book to help guide men how to pick up women?
Lawrence
Fisher: Heavens
no! I had no idea what I was doing, so my only guide to readers is to not do
what I did. It is simply to show people that the idea is to have fun and enjoy
life. One woman told me to my face that I was too fat. At one stage in my life,
I would have been deeply hurt by that statement but nowadays, I brush it off
and move on. As I say in my book, NEXT!
Q: Is KILL ME NOW! fiction or non-fiction?
Lawrence
Fisher: Total
non-fiction. These incidents actually happened!
Q: Although this is a book about men
“in pursuit” of a soulmate, I discovered that I, a woman, laughed and
appreciated the situation as I was reading an excerpt. Did you write your book
for men or were you thinking about women readers, also?
Lawrence Fisher: I geared this book towards guys like
me who enter the dating world and have no idea what they are doing. They are
not going to find anyone sitting on a couch, although in the world of online
dating, you do not know. But I found that like you, many female readers get a
kick out of seeing the male mindset and of course, I use humor to tell my
story.
Q: “Not my usual fare, but I do love
humor...and the author hooked me with the book description and title.” How
important is humor in telling your story?
Lawrence Fisher: If there is no humor, no story!
Simple as that! If I cannot find the humor in an incident, then there is
something wrong with me and the incident is not worth talking about. You
remember I mentioned the woman who called me fat? I was thinking of adding that
as a story and changing Winston Churchill’s famous quote to: “Yes I am fat, but
I can diet and be thinner, but you will always be unpleasant.” There is a
debate as to whether it was Churchill who made the comment “And you, Bessie,
are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning, and you will still be ugly.”
Q: How did you come up with the title
KILL ME NOW!?
Lawrence Fisher: It was a nice spring evening when I
met, Ms Motor Mouth. Young Lawrence (ok, young at heart...) shaved, showered
and perfumed himself up to meet Ms Motor Mouth, who was a blind date, bestowed
upon him by a match maker. Yes, yes, you heard it, a match maker. Read my book
for sordid details of the awfulness of this period.
So I
met Motor for coffee and for the better part of two hours, she did not stop
talking. The poor waiter was standing next to her waiting for her to order
while she went on and on. The only thing I knew about her soliloquy was that
she was complaining about her job. Not explaining, but complaining. Should I
have charged her $200 for therapy?
My
mind wondered and wandered and I looked up to the heavens for release. Scotty
was not available, but the title was born. Thanks Ms Motor Mouth.
Q: “Mr. Fisher's style is personal and he
opens his soul for all to see” How do you get readers to care about you, the
“protagonist,” in your book? How do you create you as the main “character?”
Lawrence Fisher: I think people care because I am a regular guy,
not one of the Hollywood types but a regular Joe, like them. Just someone
looking for a mate.
Q: What made you
want to be a writer?
Lawrence
Fisher: A
reader made me become a writer. I never thought I would but I am not sorry I
did!
Q: What’s next?
How do you envision your writing career?
Lawrence Fisher: KILL ME NOW!
will be a trilogy. I am working on the second and third books together. The
second will be “How I didn’t meet your mother” and the third will be “Why
didn’t I listen to my friends?”
Q: Tell us something about you. Since you no
longer have to search for your soulmate (and I trust married life is agreeing
with you), what do you like to do when you’re not writing?
Lawrence Fisher: Supposed to be a secret that I am married, until
the second book is published. Well, I happen to love my wife and she likes my
book. So apart from being with her, I love reading and of course I have my day
job.
About Lawrence Fisher
Lawrence has
been out on countless dates in search of his soulmate. Like most people he has
found himself in many strange situations. However, he found that he could see
the humor in each situation. Lawrence is a single guy in his late 40s. He has
worked in computers and education for about 25 years and also holds a personal
fitness trainer certification. He currently lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. Lawrence
Fisher spends his days writing software tutorials and his nights in the endless
search for the ONE. Will he find her? Or will there be book two out?
About KILL ME NOW!
KILL ME NOW! is about Lawrence, a man in his late 40s dodging bullets deep in the dating battlefield while searching for the ONE. In KILL ME NOW! Lawrence tries to decode signals of his enigmatic opponent, often resulting in his hasty retreat. Why is she resting her head on her hand? Is she bored? Or is she interested? He finds himself in many humorous situations where he has no idea what he is doing and no idea how to maneuver through the skirmish. Trapped in the epicenter of the courting conflict, the motivating thought that sustains him is his strong belief that somewhere out there, she awaits. Join Lawrence as he painfully stumbles through the mating minefield in search for his SOULMATE while silently wishing that he was elsewhere. Be warned, you will laugh!
Excerpt
No
date again, woe is me! How many of us have sat at home wondering why we don’t
have a date? How many of us have gone to a bar to look for a girl, found
someone interesting and just froze? What should we say to her? What is a good
pick up line? Questions, questions, questions! Help!
Those
of us who know how to use the internet instinctively say, “Google it!” In the
search tab, you type in, “how to pick
up girls” and hope for the best. You then receive a plethora of websites
offering you information from the best of the best. THE experts! Or so you
assume. One site says there are plenty of people who are good at picking up
girls, but cannot explain their art. If they cannot explain, then what good are
they to us? Do they describe which girls are they trying to pick up? What kind
of girls were these, real or imaginary?
One
night, I decided to try a line from one of those websites. Me, myself and I,
the holy trio, decided to go to a bar. A stunning brunette caught my attention
as she eyed the crowd. Somehow she managed to avoid eye contact with me. I
walked up to the lady, took out my iPhone, and hoped it impressed her.
I
read off my iPhone, “Baby, I’m no Fred Flintstone but I can make your Bedrock.”
OK, I agree with you. That is a lame line.
She
leaned toward me seductively and said, “Go Google again!” Was she being rude to
me or not? I still have no idea. I think she had learned the true art of
diplomacy, which is the ability to tell someone to go to hell so that he
actually looks forward to the trip.
It
is very important to make a good first impression. The first impression is
vital. It is difficult to correct a bad first impression. Oh, the pressure, the
pressure. There is only one chance to do it right!
Going
up to a girl at a bar saying, “What is a girl like you doing in a place like
this?” will probably earn you a smirk. Not only is the line antiquated, but it
seems to work only in the movies, and sometimes not even there. The only time I
tried that line, the girl said it was her bar and that I should not refer to it
as “such a place”.
Oh,
what should I do? What should I do?
The
internet provides contradicting information. What's new? When we search for
something in our field of expertise, we understand whether it sounds right or
not. But if our understanding is close to zero, how can we define what is right
and what is not?
Somehow
I need to hone my non-existent skills. Somehow I need more practice. Somehow I
need experienced friends.
Looking
at my friends and hearing their stories, I wonder, does experience really help?
Oh,
crap! Kill me now!"
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