Goodreads asked Rick Incorvia:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Rick Incorvia I am often asked what inspired me to create The Wrong Side of the Glass.
My wife and I like to go out to breakfast. During one of these outings, Jennifer was pretending to listen to me drone on about something. You know — those husband-wife conversations. “I think it’s the cheese that’s giving me the stomach aches.” Or, profound statements like, “I’m going to get off of sugar.”
She was giving me the appropriate “uh-huh’s” and “okay’s” but she wasn’t listening. She was engaged in the conversation that was taking place at the table behind her. I knew what she was doing without saying a word; it was the expression on her face. So I tuned in.
“If that bitch thinks she’s getting mom’s wedding ring when she dies, she’s got another thing coming.” The two women at that table continued to cover topics that were way more interesting than my digestive issues.
Now, whenever we are eating at a public place, if either one of us says, “You don’t say,” This is the other one’s queue to “Tune in. You’re not going to believe what they’re talking about.”
As a writer, I took this scenario to the extreme.
The woman sitting across the table, now called Gwin, is long bored with her husband Eddie and she just can’t seem to contain herself to their table. She is that woman that starts conversations with strangers. She just wants to help.
When good intentions go bad, a switch clicks in her head and she can’t see that she has crossed the line. Few things scare me more than a smart woman with a warped sense of vengeance. And so I faced my fears . . . Hello Gwin.

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