Writing About: St. Patrick's Day + R.A.N.T.

Not many writers think about including St. Patrick’s Day into their stories. But your characters don’t need to be Irish for them to have a little fun on St. Patrick’s Day. Throw this holiday in for a quick reprieve for your characters in a mystery/thriller to step away from their cases to have a pint of green beer. Or it could be a fun date for a couple in a romance story.

Here are a few things you can add to your St. Patrick’s Day scene:
1. Wear Green
I still wear green on St. Patrick’s Day and your MC can do the same. Picture a strong woman wearing a green dress and black pumps to the office. I’d want to be her! Or a well-dressed man with a shamrock tie. I’d like to know him! So show your readers how your characters got into the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day.
2. Green Beer
Let your characters kick back with a mug of green beer. This could give them a nice break from a work or be a good bonding opportunity for two of your characters to get to know each other.

3. Cabbage and Corned Beef
This is a traditional meal for St. Patrick’s Day and would go perfect with that green beer. Give your characters in your romance a good dinner date.
4. Kiss me, I’m Irish!
Here is a great opportunity for a couple to get passionate. One kiss could lead to a lot more. If you take this idea a little further, you could turn it into a morbid trademark for a murderer.
5. Festivals
Many states and countries hold St. Patrick’s Day festivals with drinking, food, green face paint, and beads. A festival like this would be fun for a NA novel for college friends to have a good time. It could also be a crime scene....

Did you know...?
The Chicago River is dyed green every year for St. Patrick's Day.

QUESTIONS: Do you wear green on St. Patrick’s Day? Are you Irish? 


RANT with J.A. Scott.
My R.A.N.T. today has to do with the Oscars. 

I do like to watch the Oscars. I'm one of those people who usually gets inspired when I see actors (or even singers) win awards for their talent and hard work; it makes me want to have that one day. Except, as an author that won't happen. I know there are book awards, but they aren't televised. And so many books these days are made into movies, but do the authors get any recognition for having created the story and characters in the first place? The only time I ever saw that happen was with J.K. Rowling and Stephanie Meyer. 

I've seen many awards, hoping someone would thank the writer who wrote the book these movies were adapted from and...nothing. Well, that's not entirely true. I don't remember who it was or what movie it was for but one guy said something like, "And thanks to the guy who wrote the book." WHAT? You don't know his name? You wouldn't have received this award if he hadn't written the book, BUD! It's disappointing. To this day, writers aren't getting the acknowledgement they should.

Don't get me started about the fact that the nominated movies are ones that hardly any one goes to see. What about the movies that are at the top of the Box Office Charts throughout the year? 

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If you’re participating in the A to Z Challenge, can you share the blurb, image and links for Seismic Crimes on its release day (April 22nd, which is for S)? I don't expect anyone to have a theme to fit my book, just to maybe add it to the bottom as a bonus S. :)

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