Ask the Author: Connie Spittler
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Connie Spittler
Reaching out to readers, writers, literary love-to-read circles, like book clubs. It's hard to explains, because writing is not easy, but it's satisfying when it goes right. I imagine that is true for artists, musicians and all creative folks. We need to do it. It's like a flower opening up in the mind and the heart.
Connie Spittler
There is so much happening in the world. A person has only to look around. To see the things waiting to be discovered and evolved into a story. And each person's mind contains so many memories. They wait to be recalled and contribute to the pages. There are also the unknowns. I can't explain where some of my quirky characters come from or why some words flash into my mind, asking to be included. So the inspiration comes from all these and the process is an intriguing mystery. As a writer, I'm grateful for the mix.
Connie Spittler
Two things triggered this cozy mystery. One was being surrounded by migrating Monarch butterflies on a country road in California. The second was finding an old art book left by my designer daughter after she graduated from the U of IA. The book was about a European monastery in the 1500's and it had sketches of their garden with a list of the vegetables and herbs. It intrigued me and I knew I'd write about it one day, but changed the monastery to a chateau.
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