Helena Korin asked Shereen Vedam:

Have your recent travels helped spark your creative muse? Helena Korin

Shereen Vedam Oh, good question Helena. I probably shouldn't answer it, for fear of offending the country I just visited, and loved visiting...but I do have an answer.

When I was in Sri Lanka in July 2015, I hadn't been there since I was 5 years old (which was eons ago, don't ask how long).

While there, I was working on the ending of my latest book in another Regency fantasy romance series. So, intentionally or otherwise, my travel experience began to channel itself into the ending I hand wrote in my journal.

Unfortunately, the end I was working on was about a trip into the underworld. I even questioned one of my cousins, a Christian pastor, on his conception of evil, the devil and hell. I hope he's not reading this.

Anyway, as a result of all of the above, my version of the underworld will likely have elements of Sri Lanka peppered throughout it.

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