Off Script

“I kissed Edward Wolverton once. It was everything it was supposed to be—and then some... maybe I’ll kiss him again.”

TV Producer Bea Douglas’s last confession to her former business partner and ex-best friend wasn’t meant to tempt the fates. She’s eager to escape the hypocrisy of the television industry and years of hiding her faith for the convenience of other people. Edward Wolverton may be hot, smart, and funny—but he’s also two steps out of rehab with a self-proclaimed allergy to Christianity.

But after a club night turns violent, Bea loses her sense of self while Eddie teeters on the edge of relapse. Their connection to each other is the only certainty. To be together, each will have to let go of past pain and have faith in a love that never fades.

Off Script is an uncommon story of the power of love and resilience to bring people together in a society that does its best to tear them apart.

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Liv Bartlet is the pseudonym for writing partners Becca McCulloch and Sarah McKnight, who have been building worlds and telling stories together for more than a decade. They’ve logged hours of behind-the-scenes movie and TV footage and challenged each other in a friendly Oscar guessing game every year this millennium. Lifelong Anglophiles, their Monkey & Me world sprang to vivid life on a trip to London that included divine pastries, sublime art, and a spectacular pratfall in the British Museum.

Becca is a professor, a scientist, and a secret romantic who insisted their first order of business in London was a meandering five-mile walk to see Big Ben. She lives with her husband, children, and an ever-expanding roster of pets in Logan, Utah.

Sarah is an Army brat, an Excel geek, and has a lot of opinions on the differences between science fiction and fantasy. She lives with her cat, Sir Jack—who is featured prominently on Liv’s Instagram —just outside Salt Lake City.

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When did you start writing, and was there a specific event or person who influenced you to become an author?

We’ve been storytelling and worldbuilding together for probably 15 years, but about 3 years ago we had an idea for a continuation of the story that became Production Values and Off Script, and that’s what really set us on the author path. We started writing, seriously— but just for the fun of it, still! — and then at some point realized we were pretty good at this, and acknowledged to each other that we both have this dream of being an author, and why not just go for it?

How many books do you have out, and do you have a favorite?

Two books right now and Becca has several published short stories, and I could NOT pick a favorite, though I will say the cover of Off Script — it’s so beautiful, has an extra depth — is my favorite cover. (And it won an award!)

How do you come up with character names?

Combination of methods — research into popular names at the time/place they were born, thinking about who their parents are and what their name preferences would be. Sometimes we try to get clever about referencing something or somebody real with some of our Hollywood characters. And sometimes characters just ARRIVE, name already attached, when they spring to life in one of our heads fully formed. 

Do you have a favorite author?

Becca: I adore Alice Hoffman and Neil Gaiman.

Sarah: So many favorites, it’s difficult to name only one. But I will pick Mary Balogh. Her love stories are pure beauty, and often fascinating character studies in opposites attract and the complexities of how people choose to love and make a relationship work, all within the framework of highly-mannered Regency England.

What is some of your favorite or memorable books that you’ve read?

Becca: Anne of Green Gables was the first book that left me undone. I laid on the floor of my bedroom and sobbed after I closed it. From there, the world has been full of powerful books. I’m a literary fiction lover, so I read books hoping they’ll destroy me a little and change my worldview forever.

Sarah: Dune, it’s my all-time favorite. Wreckage by Emily Bleeker, that book kind of blew my mind — it broke a lot of the “rules” we hear when people are giving writers advice, and wasn’t a book that you put down and left. I was thinking about it for days. 

What is one piece of advice you could give to a new author that you wish someone had passed to you?

Becca: Writing may be solitary, but publishing is social. Make friends and be one. 

Sarah: I think any pertinent advice, we’ve heard. But the one that I wish I had believed is that you will not become instantly rich.

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