Ask the Author: Christine Simolke
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Christine Simolke
I would travel to Three Pines, the Canadian setting if Louise Penny's mysteries. I would like to meet Inspector Gamache and Jean-Guy and eat at the bistro.
Christine Simolke
Underground Railroad, My Cousin Rachel, Do Not Be Alarmed
Christine Simolke
I've never asked my parents how they met and fell in love. In my imagination I picture their attraction to one another as very romantic and sweet, but maybe complicated as my mother's parents were immigrants and very strict about what she did outside the home. The story of how they got together might be a good young adult novel.
Christine Simolke
I am a huge fan of "The Princess Bride," so I would have to say Wesley and Buttercup. They never gave up on one another even though the universe conspired against them! Also, what woman doesn't love a man who always says, "as you wish" when answering his "one true love."
Christine Simolke
Talking to people. Everyone, even a person with a quiet life, has something in their life that sparks a story idea if you let your imagination take a moment to spin a tale around a kernel of information.
Christine Simolke
A mystery for adolescents in which a 14 year-boy suspects a girl who is missing in his small town, might be held captive in his neighbor's barn.
Christine Simolke
Hang in there! Writing is such a solitary task and can be very quiet. Don't confuse that with lonely. You are never alone when you're in your story's world. And give yourself permission to neglect tasks like cleaning (not your family though!) so that you can carve out time for your writing, even if it's just 30 minutes a day.
Christine Simolke
Spending time in another world thinking up characters and story lines is a great escape that doesn't cost anything and you can do it in sweatpants or pajamas! I love the research aspect of writing historical fiction as well. I learn a great deal about the past which has made me appreciate many things about the present.
Christine Simolke
I go for a walk or a run, which usually generates ideas better than staring at the blank page on the computer screen.
Christine Simolke
The idea for Children of Italy was inspired by my grandmother's immigrant story. She came to America from Italy in 1927, and I was always awed by the tales she and her sisters told of leaving "the old country" for the US.
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