March 13, 2023
What are your favorite vacation spots and do they ever show up in your books?
If you follow this blog, you may remember that I moved less than a year ago. Where I moved to used to be one of my favorite vacation spots, and it shows up in my books regularly. So, my answer is much different than it would have been 9 months ago.
I have lived in various parts of the United States, and that is reflected in my stories, sometimes as a mere mention, other times as the primary setting. For example, The Ranger’s Dog Tags is mainly set in Orlando. I never lived in Orlando proper, but the less I talk about the years I lived in Florida, the more positive I can stay. It’s still a stretch to call Florida a favorite vacation spot, but since my daughter and her family live there, it has at least a few redeeming qualities.
In the new order of my life, I’m going to have to list Colorado as my favorite vacation spot. I’ve written Wyoming into a book, (Wolves’ Gambit) but not Colorado. Well, that’s not exactly true. It’s featured in a book that I wrote and never released, because it wasn’t good enough. But I have more books to write, so there is still time.
The Oregon/California coast is another potential spot for a vacation/story locale. The redwood forests cry out for a pack of wolf shifters to live among them and protect the trees. Of course, with all the forest fires in the past few years, the area has changed, and I’d have to do some research before including the current geography in a story.
FYI-in case you wondering- I am deep in edits for The Rise of Jake Hennessey. It is set in familiar territory- the imaginary town of Oak Grove. That has been one of my favorite places to ‘go’ for almost a decade! I don’t have an exact release date set yet, but I am planning to have the book available for the Pittsburgh 3 Rivers Con in early June.
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March 13, 2023
What are your favorite vacation spots and do they ever show up in your books?
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