We're pleased to welcome Sally Kilpatrick to CLC today. Her latest novel, Little Miss Petty, sounds like all sorts of fun. We're on board with helping wronged women deliver karma! Sally is here to talk about her novel and some other fun things and we enjoyed hearing what she had to say. We hope you will too!
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When Stella Stark discovers that her boyfriend is cheating, she also discovers that thirty-nine isn’t too old for petty revenge. Can we say…glitter bomb? She’s lost both her job and her home―why not broaden her professional horizons as Little Miss Petty, helping wronged women achieve karmic justice? Frankly, the demand is too great to ignore. New friends rally around her: Havisham, a bar owner with a soft spot under her gruff exterior, and Salcedo, a college student with marketing savvy.
There’s just one hiccup: Getting revenge on the cheating soon-to-be ex-husband of her best-paying client is supposed to be easy. After all, he’s her neighbor. But something isn’t adding up. Malone is not only intriguingly handsome, but he’s also a good listener, sympathetic, and adores kittens. He may look like the ex, but he isn’t acting like him. And how can Stella, a woman on the rebound, be even remotely tempted by the pizza-with-benefits relationship he suggests? That would be so bad for business.
There’s so much for Stella to learn―about karma, the charmer across the breezeway she’s falling for, and most importantly, herself. Love, revenge, and second chances―they all come with a little risk. And a twist.
“Smart, hilarious, and surprisingly poignant, Little Miss Petty is the cozy revenge fantasy I didn’t know I needed. I’d follow Stella Stark anywhere…especially to Waffle House.”
—Valerie Bowman, international bestselling author
What is a favorite compliment you have received on your writing?
Anytime someone says, “I couldn’t put it down” or “I laughed out loud,” I practically glow. My favorite, however, has to be a reviewer’s comment on my fourth novel, Bless Her Heart: “…a little bit Flannery O’ Connor, a little bit Fannie Flagg, but most delightfully and originally Sally Kilpatrick.” As an English major born and raised in the South, I’m not sure it gets any better than that.
Anytime someone says, “I couldn’t put it down” or “I laughed out loud,” I practically glow. My favorite, however, has to be a reviewer’s comment on my fourth novel, Bless Her Heart: “…a little bit Flannery O’ Connor, a little bit Fannie Flagg, but most delightfully and originally Sally Kilpatrick.” As an English major born and raised in the South, I’m not sure it gets any better than that.
How is Stella similar to or different from you?
Both Stella and I are sarcastic and use humor as a defense mechanism. Both she and I live—or lived—in Marietta, Georgia. Beyond that, we differ greatly. She had a difficult childhood and is about ten years younger than I am. I am a mother; she is not. She also has a bravado that I envy even if we both have a soft underbelly.
Both Stella and I are sarcastic and use humor as a defense mechanism. Both she and I live—or lived—in Marietta, Georgia. Beyond that, we differ greatly. She had a difficult childhood and is about ten years younger than I am. I am a mother; she is not. She also has a bravado that I envy even if we both have a soft underbelly.
If Little Miss Petty were made into a movie, who would you cast in the leading roles?
Oh hi! I’ve done this because I always make a Pinterest board for my novels so I can refer back to the people I cast when I forget eye or hair color. Stella would be a shorter, curvier Kate Beckinsale. Malone is Chris Evans with a beard—think Winter Soldier Captain America but not as serious. I see Havisham as Rita Moreno and Salcedo as post-Wizards of Waverly Place Selena Gomez. Here’s my Pinterest board, which does include a few extra characters who didn’t make it to the final version: https://www.pinterest.com/superwritermom/little-miss-petty/
What is something you are petty about?
Wow. Let me narrow it down to something manageable so I don’t have to write another novel. Much of my pettiness centers around people who are jerks while driving. For example, don’t sit behind me waiting for me to leave a parking spot. Honk at me, and I will change my address and live in that parking spot. Speaking of, you sure as heck better not honk at me while I’m determining if it’s safe to turn right on red. If I can’t see, I’m not going. If you honk, I’m probably not going even if it’s clear to Kansas.
Oh, and there was the time a Cracker Barrel manager attempted to stare me down. All he had to do was apologize for the fact that it took forty-five minutes to get food to our table while I tried to deal with a hangry toddler and restless senior citizens while also navigating anemia and morning sickness. That’s all he had to do, but he wanted to double down and try to intimidate the little lady. Needless to say, we got that meal for free because I didn’t flinch. How he thought he could scare someone who taught over a hundred teenagers each day, I’ll never know.
If your life was a TV series, which celebrity would you want to narrate it?
This is a tough one. I’m not sure I’ve earned Julie Andrews or Morgan Freeman, although they would be top candidates for anyone. I’m feeling like Parker Posey in the vein of White Lotus or maybe even Holly Hunter would bring the sort of wry, bless-her-heart commentary that my shenanigans deserve.
If we were to visit you right now, what are some places you would take us to see?
If I were still in Marietta, then I’d take you around the square and show you some of the places that inspired Little Miss Petty as well as the Big Chicken because, duh. How often do you get to see a Big Chicken?
Now that I’m living just outside Los Angeles, there are so many places we could go. The Angeles Crest Highway is a lovely drive, and Descanso Gardens is just down the street. I’m also close to Warner Brothers and Universal for either studio tours or theme park entertainment. We’re marginally close to Disneyland or we could brave the Hollywood Walk of Fame. There’s Griffith Park, the Observatory, LACHMA, and the Academy Museum. Or we can just eat our way through town: Porto’s, Damon’s, Smoke House, Broken Compass, and so many more. I didn’t even get to the beach. Can you tell I’m excited to explore my new home?
Thanks to Sally for chatting with us and to Kaye Publicity for coordinating the interview.
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