Pimp That Character Presents Winfield Payton of 'Wanna-be's'
We’re thrilled to be talking to Winfield Payton from Mark
Connelly’s Wanna-be’s. It is a
pleasure to have him with us today at Pimp That Character!
Thank you for your interview, Winfield. How old are you and what do you do for a
living?
Thirty-seven. I teach college and write screenplays, and
right now I’m the
Communications
Director at Frederick Douglass Savings and Loan. We have
some of highest
paying CD’s in town by the way.
What would I love the most about you?
My affable charm.
What would I hate the most about you?
My affable
charm. I’m that type.
What is your greatest fear?
Getting to Hollywood
and discovering that it is just like Milwaukee
without the snow.
Do you think the author portrayed you accurately?
Connelly is
clueless about my inner motivations. I’m
way smarter than
he thinks. I just do things that look dumb to throw
people off. Plus, I am
more successful
with women than he imagines. I could
share stories.
What is your idea of a perfect day?
Waking up next
to a beautiful blonde to discover a string of acceptance
emails, checks
in the mailbox, and texts from other blondes.
You said
a “perfect” day
not a meaningful one.
Do you have children?
No, I
couldn’t raise a houseplant.
What’s your idea of a perfect meal?
Anything with
less than 300 calories that costs under ten dollars.
Someone is secretly in love with you. Who is it and how do you feel about that?
If it is Shelly
Bronfman again, I may have to leave town.
I admit to secure
investment
capital for the S&L I did what I had to do.
Shelly has a ton
of money but
sadly also she weighs a ton. I guess I
would hook
up with her
again, as long as nobody finds out. I do
have my pride.
If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, what would you
do today?
Find a time
machine.
About the Author
Mark Connelly was born in Philadelphia and grew up in New Jersey. He received a BA in English from Carroll College in Wisconsin and an MA and PhD from the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His books include The Diminished Self:
Orwell and the Loss of Freedom, Orwell and Gissing, Deadly
Closets: The Fiction of Charles Jackson, and The IRA on
Film and Television. His fiction has appeared in The
Ledge, Indiana Review, Cream City Review, Milwaukee Magazine, and Home Planet
News. In 2014 he received an Editor’s Choice Award in The
Carve’s Raymond Carver Short Story Contest; in 2015 he received Third Place in Red Savina Review’s
Albert Camus Prize for Short Fiction. His novella Fifteen Minutes received
the Clay Reynolds Novella Prize and was published by Texas Review Press in
2005.
Mark’s latest book is the literary fiction/humor/satire,
Wanna-be’s.
About the Book:
With his new girlfriend – a soccer
mom with a taste for bondage – urging him to “go condo,” failed screenwriter
Winfield Payton needs cash. Accepting a job offer from a college friend, he
becomes the lone white employee of a black S&L. As the firm’s token white,
he poses as a Mafioso to intimidate
Praise for
Wanna-be’s:
This book right here! What can I
say about Winfield Payton...is he the most unlucky pasty or most unlikely fall
guy...what a schmuck...I laughed so hard at this,for this guy....with this
guy....every character described in this book will immediately remind you of a
real life joker in the in the 24 hour news cycle on all of the Major networks
and cable television channels regurgitating skewed facts benefiting them and
lining their pockets....it's hip and fresh writing which could easily become a
HBO series....or Starz..maybe..anyway get this book....I laughed so
hard...almost popping my recent stitches from surgery...Mr. Connelly...thanks
for making my recuperation fun...this book is not for the faint of heart..or PC
sensitive readers...
-- Lynda Garcia Review
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