#amwriting – a look inside the author process

When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to get out of Vancouver. It may shock you to learn I neither ski nor hike so I dreamed of living in New York and hosting glorious salons with witty people. (Yes, Dorothy Parker fetish much.) When I got the chance to go to Montreal for university, I was elated because it’s such a cosmopolitan city, and when I had to return home, pretty bummed out.

One thing about Vancouver? We never seem to have alien invasions or an influx of vampires or hoards of zombies. That just didn’t seem fair and I set out to change that. Look, there is nothing I could add to the many excellent stories set in NY or New Orleans or really anywhere else in the world. And while I joke that I set my books here because of laziness, I’ll let you in on a little secret.

*lean in*

Vancouver is a pretty great place. So if NY could feature as a character in so many stories, why couldn’t my hometown? And who better to do it justice than a born and bred Vancouverite? 

I love sharing my city with you, warts and all. And I get so excited when readers tell me they are coming to visit and post photos of places from the book. 

Have you been to Vancouver yet? If not, do you have a sense of it from my stories? 

And if you haven’t read the books yet, then dive in today and get a feeling for my little corner of Canada. It may surprise you. https://geni.us/g1BHd

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