Jennifer Vido: Wow, what a premise! How’d you come up with the idea of a makeup artist turned vengeful in 1950s Hollywood? Katherine Blake: Thank you for asking! It came about very organically, as I was propped up in bed one evening scrolling YouTube. I knew I wanted to write something a bit “crime-y” set in Golden Era Hollywood but didn’t really know what that might be. Then, I found myself watching make-up tutorials to fall asleep to (there is something very meditative about watching someone having their make-up done) and stumbled across a make-up artist to the stars, Lisa Eldridge. She has her own collection of vintage make-up. In one of her videos talking us through the collection, she mentioned how the Hollywood make-up artists had to start mixing potions from scratch, once the industry moved from black-and-white to Technicolor. My brain exploded! Anything could go into a make-up potion, including poison. Only a few extra moments of research showed me that make-up and poison have a rich heritage, stretching back to Egyptian times. I was off and running!   Jen: Loretta sounds like quite a character. What was your favorite part about writing her? Katherine: Her voice! I’m…