The first two meetings I had were unsuccessful, because the people in the room didnt get it.
“I remember one executive saying, Well, whats the market for this?
And I was like, Black women.
Sunny Hostin on ‘The View’ ; Hostin’s new book ‘Summer on Highland Beach’.ABC/Jeff Lipsky; HarperCollins
She was like, Really?
You think so?”
We have the most degrees."
Joy Behar reads a sex scene from Sunny Hostin’s book ‘Summer on Highland Beach’ on ‘The View’.ABC (2)
“She not only saw the characters, she saw me and the audience.
She saw three books,” Hostin says.
The first executive’s projections were way off, it turns out.
Hostin says her first novel,Summer on the Bluffs, sold 25,000 copies in its first week.
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We dont want to lose that, Hostin promises.
Were seeingBridgerton, and these scenes are shot through a womans gaze.
Before, you didnt have that.
My books are from a female gaze, and Octavia and I want to maintain that for the series.
There will be that.
Theres no question, because it starts with a one-night stand and someone dumping the character."
Hostin’s third novel,Summer on Highland Beach, is out May 28.
The Spencer-produced TV series does not yet have a confirmed release date.
