Hazel Edwards's Blog - Posts Tagged "wed"
Literary Tourism & Themed Travel &The Ghan
Themed travel which relates to the real settings of books or films is popular. Have you visited an area on holiday because the author used it in a mystery, came from there, or there's some food or building of literary significance? The Hobbit? Harry Potter experiences attract fans. Re-tracing the French food and wine geography in Martin Walker's Bruno police series?
Passengers all joke about 'The Ghan' train experience being similar in circumstances to Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Orient Express'. Themed travel is common on cruises. Bridge. Family History. WW2 Military history. The real Ghan train journey of three days from Adelaide to Darwin doesn't offer role-playing Agatha Christie themed tourist travel YET ,but fiction always asks 'What if?' And what if a fictional fake Christie plot, turns into a factual murder in a fictional mystery?
That's the setting of my 'Wed,Then Dead on The Ghan' mini sequel on Kindle with my celebrant sleuth Quinn who conducts weddings, funerals and other ceremonies.
I've travelled the Ghan to Darwin to visit family. An iconic journey outback. Stunning, stark eco-scenery.Celebrant Sleuth: I Do ... or Die
After my Quinn created for 'Celebrant Sleuth; I Do or Die' , became popular ,I decided to let her travel in mini mysteries in Australian locations as short e-sequels. The Ghan is a 'to-do list ' journey for many. And they have had a wedding, in real time,on the train, so it's credible that my celebrant sleuth would be working onboard.
What if The Ghan started 'literary themed travel' using my book on their internal cabin radio? Or as a giveaway?But I'm not wishing any real murders on them.
Fact can contribute to fiction and fiction add to fact, but writing crime and mysteries is a risky business.
Passengers all joke about 'The Ghan' train experience being similar in circumstances to Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Orient Express'. Themed travel is common on cruises. Bridge. Family History. WW2 Military history. The real Ghan train journey of three days from Adelaide to Darwin doesn't offer role-playing Agatha Christie themed tourist travel YET ,but fiction always asks 'What if?' And what if a fictional fake Christie plot, turns into a factual murder in a fictional mystery?
That's the setting of my 'Wed,Then Dead on The Ghan' mini sequel on Kindle with my celebrant sleuth Quinn who conducts weddings, funerals and other ceremonies.
I've travelled the Ghan to Darwin to visit family. An iconic journey outback. Stunning, stark eco-scenery.Celebrant Sleuth: I Do ... or Die
After my Quinn created for 'Celebrant Sleuth; I Do or Die' , became popular ,I decided to let her travel in mini mysteries in Australian locations as short e-sequels. The Ghan is a 'to-do list ' journey for many. And they have had a wedding, in real time,on the train, so it's credible that my celebrant sleuth would be working onboard.
What if The Ghan started 'literary themed travel' using my book on their internal cabin radio? Or as a giveaway?But I'm not wishing any real murders on them.
Fact can contribute to fiction and fiction add to fact, but writing crime and mysteries is a risky business.
