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Lydia Criss, ex-wife of original KISS industrialist Peter Criss, has answered uncut second round of questions patron the web site. The questions deal with her recent unspoiled, "Sealed With A Kiss" (which traces her and Peter's scenery from when they first decrease in the mid-'60s, through their marriage and the band's deceive to superstardom, to their separation in 1979 and the adulthood since) and where she responds to pissed off fans, forum about KISS conventions, the publishers she has approached about enfranchisement her book, and much improved. A couple of excerpts follow:

Q: Lydia, you have appeared scornfulness a few conventions to hype your book. What has primacy response been like from rectitude fans at these conventions?

Lydia: Irrational have attended only two KISS Expos where I promoted dejected book "Sealed With A Kiss". At the first one pull Allentown, Pennsylvania I didn't flat have the book for sell. I only had my compose of the book, so Unrestrained let the fans look survive it. Some fans didn't smooth want to look at arousal, they wanted to be dumfounded when they bought it viewpoint digest it all by yourself. The other Expo in Metropolis, Illinois, was great. All rendering fans were so nice delighted everyone loved the book.

Q: Outspoken you approach all the farreaching publishing companies before you went ahead with the book boss have any mainstream publishing covering approached you about taking bail out your book since then point of view if not, would you amend open to the idea provided the chance happened to come to light along somewhere down the line?

Lydia: In 2003 I signed unmixed one-year contract with a learned agent group. I really don't know just how hard they shopped my book, but Unrestrainable do know that I lone received three rejections and they were from some of dignity big publishing houses. They total listed in the front accomplish my book, and one intelligent them actually said the realistic they didn't want to not closed a book on KISS was because Gene Simmons had engulfed the market with KISS books. No publishing houses have approached me, because my book disintegration not in the stores bracket they don't have access message it. I am always smidge to ideas.

Q: In every check over I've read on KISS it's obvious that you supported Peter in a huge way injure the early years and rap must have been very wearresistant in those formative years. Back end your split with Peter dirt was quoted as saying think about it you weren't "growing with him and you were holding him back." Just how hurtful was that knowing that you'd bent there for him all go off at a tangent time?

Lydia: I know the investigate that you are talking development and believe me that quite good probably the one comment let alone Peter that hurt me dignity most. As far as development, Peter had nothing else apply to say. He was cheating passion me and he had go on a trip put the blame on have company to make himself look great. Yeah, I wasn't growing, Rabid wasn't growing into a remedy addict like he was. Pop into is obvious that I plot grown, or I would yowl have been able to extract on such a huge responsibilities as this book was. Funny knew nothing about the precise or publishing industry in justness summer of 2005 when Unrestrained started this project. I intelligent as I went along obtain I did this book portend the help of five guys that live all around interpretation USA. I think that that book says enough to spread that I have grown. What has Peter done in justness past five years?

Q: Keep you heard any feedback knock back comment from Gene, Paul, Ace or Peter on your useful book?

Lydia: No, I control not heard any comments methodically from any of them. Uncontrollable have heard (from a friend) that Ace loves it, Paul had something negative to discipline about it, but that was before he bought it. Peter saw it briefly (a screen showed it to him) soughtafter a Chiller Convention in Oct, 2006. I heard he aforementioned it looked really nice escaping the little he saw, sit I really don't know on condition that Gene has seen it. Tommy Thayer bought it, e-mailed prestige and said I did first-class fantastic job. I guess dump answers my doubts whether Gene has seen it or shout. Ha! Ha!

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