Paittyn
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Charis Cotter:
What do you get your ideas from? I finished reading Ghost Road, The Painting, and The Swallow: my favorite books! You are a great writer, and I hope to read more of your books!
Charis Cotter
Hi Paittyn! I'm so happy you like my books.
I guess I get some of my ideas from my own childhood. Polly in The Swallow is a lot like me and her family is a lot like my family. And the house she lived in was like the one I lived in, behind a cemetery. The Painting and The Ghost Road are inspired by where I live in Newfoundland, and some of the old ghost stories I have heard. But mostly everything comes out of my imagination. I love walking by the ocean and daydreaming, and that's when I get lots of ideas for my books. I have a couple of new books out this fall: Screech! Ghost stories from Old Newfoundland and Footsteps in Bay de Verde. I think you might like Screech. In 2021 I have another novel coming out, The Dollhouse... you're bound to like that one. More spooky adventures.
I guess I get some of my ideas from my own childhood. Polly in The Swallow is a lot like me and her family is a lot like my family. And the house she lived in was like the one I lived in, behind a cemetery. The Painting and The Ghost Road are inspired by where I live in Newfoundland, and some of the old ghost stories I have heard. But mostly everything comes out of my imagination. I love walking by the ocean and daydreaming, and that's when I get lots of ideas for my books. I have a couple of new books out this fall: Screech! Ghost stories from Old Newfoundland and Footsteps in Bay de Verde. I think you might like Screech. In 2021 I have another novel coming out, The Dollhouse... you're bound to like that one. More spooky adventures.
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Oct 23, 2020 11:47AM