Impetuous Designs

By Laura Major

After pretending to be single on a dating reality show in search of celebrity status, Mia Sampson is cast off the reality show circuit and dumped by her boyfriend of five years. Hoping to regain the hearts of the reality show junkies who shunned her, the scorned mocha reality show diva signs away what’s left of her dignity to a design TV network run by bullies. Thinking that fame is just one episode away and infamy is a part of the past, Mia discovers that she must share the design set with a real interior designer, the motorcycle-riding Nate Long, who was under the impression that he would be the star of the show.

Now Mia must avoid becoming a tool in Nate’s revenge plot against the network all while trying to deny her growing attraction to the brawny gent with the fiery attitude who knows his way around a bucket of Venetian plaster.

Once Mia discovers the network’s double-cross, will she stay tuned on her way to regaining her audience’s trust, or will she do right by her dream guy without jeopardizing her rise to television stardom?

Find out on the next episode of Impetuous Designs.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Laura Major
• Release date: Mar 25, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476230153

Laura Major

From the start, Laura Major managed her creative impulses by drawing, writing songs, poems, and short stories. While her interests in drawing and writing songs have waned, her love affair with the written word only grew stronger.It was the recurring memories of encouragement from an eighth-grade English teacher, a fellow classmate who said during a critical writing class, “I’m going to see your name on bookshelves,” and a destined encounter with Romance Writers of America at a chocolate fair that put her on track to fulfill her purpose.Laura currently lives in Arizona and develops online college courses when she's not creating her own stories.Multicultural fiction is close to Laura’s heart, so the opportunity to share these stories is not taken lightly. Please feel free to look Laura up at www.lauramajor.com.

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Impetuous Designs

By Laura Major

After pretending to be single on a dating reality show in search of celebrity status, Mia Sampson is cast off the reality show circuit and dumped by her boyfriend of five years. Hoping to regain the hearts of the reality show junkies who shunned her, the scorned mocha reality show diva signs away what’s left of her dignity to a design TV network run by bullies. Thinking that fame is just one episode away and infamy is a part of the past, Mia discovers that she must share the design set with a real interior designer, the motorcycle-riding Nate Long, who was under the impression that he would be the star of the show.

Now Mia must avoid becoming a tool in Nate’s revenge plot against the network all while trying to deny her growing attraction to the brawny gent with the fiery attitude who knows his way around a bucket of Venetian plaster.

Once Mia discovers the network’s double-cross, will she stay tuned on her way to regaining her audience’s trust, or will she do right by her dream guy without jeopardizing her rise to television stardom?

Find out on the next episode of Impetuous Designs.

Impetuous Designs

By Laura Major

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Ms. Simpson, please sign right here. The executive programming producer tapped his stubby finger on the dotted line at the bottom of the contract. Mia quickly jotted her signature down on the dotted line in response to the pressure Sandy’s hand imparted on her thigh from underneath the producer’s desk. While Mia and Sandy Wilkes, her business manager, had analyzed the value of this deal from every angle and scrutinized every detail of the contract during a late night conversation just days before, Mia still felt like an under-aged model signing her freedom away to a pornographic movie director.

I’d like a copy of that, please. Mia watched Mr. Langston attempt to discreetly wipe his shiny forehead with the back of his hand.

Don’t you worry, it says the same as the documents you reviewed in advance.

I’m sure it does, Mr. Langston, but I require a copy of all my signed contracts. You never know when I may need to refer to it.

Please Mia, let’s not start this partnership with mistrust. Sandy gave Mia’s thigh a more intense squeeze.

Yes Mia, I agree with Sandy on this one. Hopefully, you’ll have a long and lucrative career with the U-Design Television Network (UTN).

Sensing it was best to drop the subject, if only for the time being, Mia moved on to her next concern. What’s next? When do I get to meet the rest of the cast and crew?

Relax Mia. This isn’t like those reality shows you are use to. Here, you are the star. But to answer your question, filming begins in a couple of weeks. Sandy will receive all the details once the filming schedule is set. Well, if there’s nothing else, I think it’s time you two go celebrate. The women stood up with Sandy taking the lead.

Would you like to join us, Jim? Sandy squeezed Mr. Langston’s upper arm as he walked the women to the door of his oversized office.

No, I’m afraid I can’t. Now that we have secured the star for our design show, my work is just beginning.

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Waiting at the bar of the local tavern, Mia’s stomach turned somersaults. Why had Sandy sent me ahead while she stayed behind to have one last word with Jim?

You don’t look like a television actor who just landed the gig of a lifetime. What’s your problem?

Mia let