There is no substitute for hearing the recorded voice tell you to “Mind the Gap” when you step on the Underground, or being handed a wooden spoon with a number on it at the pub so they can bring you your order of beef stew in a Yorkshire pudding bowl to be washed down with a Fuller’s Ale.
Buying a baguette and a hot chocolate in Hyde Park on a chilly morning, riding on the top of a double deck bus in the front row on a rainy day, renting a Barclay bicycle from one of the many stands in the city, all of these things were small life moments I enjoyed whilst (love that word) I visited London that added texture and flavor to the setting I was writing.
It is the little things that make a story come to life, at least for me. While it is certainly possible to write a book about a foreign setting when you haven't been there – thank you, Google Earth – it is infinitely better to go there in person. When researching the plot for AT THE DROP OF A HAT, I felt the need to go to London, a hardship I know. In my most recent book, the research component of writing was where I expended most of my energy. I love playing with my imaginary friends, wracking my brain to come up with twisty turny plots, and tinkering with words and using them in ways no one has thought to before, or at least, I try to do all of those things. WHAT'S ON MY MIND: I recently had a reader ask me "Why do you do what you do?" Meaning, I think, what in my crazy addled head ever made me think that writing was a good way to make a living? Quite simply, all of it. Today's is a really good one as I'm giving away a signed AT THE DROP OF A HAT as well as signed books by Kate Carlisle and Eva Gates. And, yes, there will be cupcakes and chocolates!ĬONTESTS: To make it simpler, I now have a Wednesday Giveaway every (yes, you guessed it) Wednesday on my facebook page. Joining me will be one of my fave women's fiction writers Beth Kendrick. Next up will be DARK CHOCOLATE DEMISE the seventh cupcake bakery mystery out on April 7th!!ĮVENTS: Come be my Valentine! I will be signing AT THE DROP OF A HAT on Feb 14th at the Poisoned Pen at 2 pm. BOOK NEWS: AT THE DROP OF A HAT the third London hat shop mystery was released on Feb 3rd!!! Always exciting to celebrate a book birthday.
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