 |
| On the Right Track available HERE |
By Barbara Elsborg
When I start writing a
story I rarely think about what time of year I should set it. It’s only when I
get to the point that my characters are outside that I think--oh dear--do they
need coats? But it’s not a coincidence that of my four Decadent stories, only
one of them is set in the summer. I lean toward snow and winter because somehow
I find it more romantic. Maybe it’s the excuse to cuddle up because it’s cold.
When my couple in On the Right Track set off in their cars
to go a New Year’s Eve party, little do they know that they’ll collide on a
snowy road and seal their fate. Nick and Holly seemed perfect winter names for
them and the story more or less wrote itself. Well, I did help a bit.
In reality, the slightest
flutter of snow and I’d rather eat my own eyeballs than take the car out. The
UK regularly grinds to a halt at the thinnest of coverings. I’ve skidded when I
drove the kids to school after they missed the bus. Skidded on a motorway when
I changed lanes and skidded down a hill where I was lucky nothing was coming
the other way. So now I only go out on foot in snow, which must be a relief to
other motorists.
No snow yet in the UK, but
this is what happened last year--view from my house! Invasion of the mini
snowmen.
If you’d
like a chance to win a copy of my winter INS, On the Right Track, or my summer
INS, Just What She Wants, please leave a comment below telling me whether
you’re a summer or winter person or someplace in between.
 |
| Just What She Wants available HERE |
