XEPER_
Death to all but metal
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Okay, well, this would probably freak some people the hell out, but I took it as a sign from the gods that I'm on the right track:
Some of you will probably know that, as well as being a meter reader in my day job, I'm an author. I write historical fiction, generally of the action adventure type, but my current work-in-progress is about a young girl taken from her home in Germania to be a slave for a Roman tribune in Britannia. She, and the novel, are called Lucia. Not exactly a common name in the Glasgow area....
Anyway, I went into Morrisons in Erskine for some shopping yesterday, came back out and spotted something on the ground right beside my car door. It was a bracelet type thing with a name engraved on it - I'm sure you can guess what the name was.
To add to the tale, I've not worked in Erskine very often, it was never part of my "patch" until recently. The last time I was here 6 months ago the idea for Lucia came to me in a flash of inspiration, something that has never happened to me before. It honestly felt like the idea was dropped fully formed into my head from somewhere else and the book is really not like my other ones at all.
I wrote a little blog post about the find here if anyone is interested although it mostly just says the same as this post.
Just to round out this story - that novel, Lucia, was very heavily influenced by the Audible versions of Jane Eyre and Rebecca in particular, but also The Woman in White and My Cousin Rachel, all produced by Audible's own studios. Not at all my usual type of reading, but I tried the audio versions and loved them so much I wanted to write something kinda similar.
Well, Lucia has just been bought by a publisher - guess who...:joyf:
(It's Audible Studios just in case you don't guess lol.)