I’m being a bit of a smartie pants probably, and the idea may not go to plan, but it’s my little way of honouring some (there are many more) of the writers I love and who continue to inspire me to follow my dream.
Take Lisa Heidke who taught me about ‘author’s voice’ (which I blogged about earlier). She’s now featured in my latest WIP – The Simmering Season…
The heat last night hadn’t made sleeping easy, but it was Sleep-in Sunday today and Maggie refused to get up before she’d read at least three chapters of her latest Lisa Heidke novel. The author had a knack of portraying motherhood and the every day, showing real woman struggling to balance work, family and dreams, just like Maggie. Only in fiction there was a guarantee of happy ever after.
Bronwyn Parry is featured in one of my favourite and earliest works – MOSAIC…
Throwing open the flap on her knapsack, Gina took a quick inventory: denim shorts; a black, cheesecloth top; beach towel; the super-dooper-scrunch-it-up-all-you-like jacket she’d owned for years; her new digital camera; and the latest Bronwyn Parry novel.
And Helene Young is in House For All Seasons, currently floating around Penguin, Australia – not Helene…my ms! (Helene is a Hachette girl along with Bronywm Parry!)…
She’d packed plenty of books to read, choosing one – Helene Young’s Border Watch; a smattering of real life, a terrorist plot and ample fiction. Perfect escapism. She’d have it read in a couple of days. Then what?
Of course, should any of my books (above) make it to print one day, will such references survive, will I have to amend and refer to their 6th best seller, or will such references end up the victim of an editor’s red pen (for any number of reasons)?
I guess it will be a case of “it’s the thought that counts” 🙂
Love it, Jenn! And how exciting that A House for All Seasons (great title) is floating around Penguin!!!
I've done that with a friend who's an artist – although at this stage she's in on of the unpubbed…
Hi Jenn,
Geez better get my best seller out there so you can write it into one of yours! Maybe we could do swaps and feature each other's books…
I'm dreamin'