Goodreads asked L.M. Rapp:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

L.M. Rapp My life isn’t exactly quiet — it’s more... highly organized. So much so that I struggle to find a proper answer to this question. The only daily mysteries involve socks that vanish mysteriously in the washing machine, or cats — treacherously gone off to greener pastures, or perhaps silently devoured by jackals? — or our dog, who occasionally lets out a sudden yelp of pain in the night. (Once, after a startled run-in with a porcupine, he ended up with three quills embedded in his jaw.)
And then, of course, there was the arrival of rescued hens from an industrial farm. I actually wrote a story, Of Flesh and Tears, inspired by that particular episode. To find out more, you can read this post:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
All things considered — the lurking dangers of the real world, or worse, its bone-deep tedium — I’d rather stay at my desk and make up stories.

flag