THE BLUE CASTLE by Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery. I can’t imagine wearing that many hats but she wears them all WELL.ġ1-Is there a book that changed your life? She is very well-traveled and writes such unique books, plus her reviews are the best, so comprehensive and finely crafted and insightful. Cheesecake is also a win, especially chocolate fudge cheesecake.įor 20 years it’s been smack in the center our home with three doors! One leads to the back porch, the others to the kitchen and bathroom. So my chocolatier heroine is dear to my heart if not my waistline. I always try my best to make it shine before it lands on their desks.Ĩ-What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?Ĭhocolate! :-) Years ago when I studied in Europe I became acquainted with Lindt, Cadbury, etc. I don’t work with critique partners or beta readers so my editors see it first.
I do several hard copy edits upon printing the manuscript and then an audio edit where I read the manuscript aloud. I have a love affair with the first draft but am learning to appreciate editing since it enriches and deepens the novel so much. A very colorful watery world!ħ-Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?Įditing waits till the entire first draft is done. There was an entire maritime universe I didn’t know existed with untold skilled sailors of multiple ethnicities, ages, origins, etc. Esmee Shaw is a foodie like me, my first plus-sized heroine, Don’t be fooled by that beautiful cover which shows her in her younger, svelte, pre-chocolate shop days -)ĥ-What are three words that describe your hero?Ĭapable, faithful, and worldly in a way that has made him wise.Ħ-What’s something you learned while writing this book?
historic site is Colonial Williamsburg and my newfound love is historic Yorktown so it was wonderful to set this story in both places.Ĥ-Would you hang out with your heroine in real life?Ībsolutely! I would be happy to hobnob with this heroine for a day, including visiting her sister in Colonial Williamsburg and tempting visitors at Shaw’s Chocolate along Yorktown’s waterfront. Since my ancestry is based in Virginia (via Scotland), I’m always drawn there. Will a war and a cache of regrets keep them apart? Or will a new shared vision reunite them?ģ-How did you decide where your book was going to take place? 1-What is the title of your latest release?Ģ-What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?Ī Virginia chocolatier and a privateering sea captain collide once more after a failed love affair a decade before.
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