Donna asked Jamie Ford:

We discussed "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" at my book club last night. In our discussion it came up about Samantha finding long lost Keiko through the Internet. In 1986 internet obviously was not what it is today and several members did not feel that part of the story was accurate time wise. Your view please since you are the writer. Would Samantha have been able to find Keiko so easily?

Jamie Ford Hi Donna, sorry for the belated reply, I've been traveling a bit.

This is a tricky one. I was on Compuserve in the early 80s, then Prodigy, and later AOL in the early 90s, so while I had a PC and coupler modem (like the one in the movie War Games) I was a bit ahead of the norm.

That's a fancy way of saying I was a total computer geek at the time, so in my mind, it was easy to do, but for most people, it wasn't common.

In retrospect, I probably should have tweaked that part of the book so it was more relatable and believable.

Thanks for asking. Give my best to everyone in your book club!

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