I’ve been asked where I get my inspiration, so I thought I’d give you a glimpse of some things that helped inspire The Gardenia Curse in a series of ‘inspiration’ posts.

I’ll start with some pictures of the forest walk that was around the corner from my house during the time I was writing about Eva’s forays into the Dreamland forest. I would often take walks through this forest with my family. On evening walks when the sun was just beginning to drop, the shadows were emerging, and the cold be...