Author Interview done by DelSherree on The Edible Bookshelf
What was your inspiration for “Walk to Paradise Garden?”
I am the organic type of writer, a pantser rather than a plotter. So, my initial inspiration was hazy at best. I was reading the biography of Maestro Arturo Toscanini and became amazed at the fullness of his lifespan. To have interacted with Russia’s Imperial family and with sensational composers, such as Verdi and Puccini, to have lived through the madness of the World Wars all the way up to see Elvis Presley’s gyrations and the birth of Rock and Roll (which ultimately may have done him in), well, all of that sparked my imagination.
Thus, at the outset, my aim was to illustrate how the world changed as a result of the Great War, and to do so through the eyes of two dynamic characters, a married couple. I wanted this couple to be both real (relatable) and inspirational—inspirational in a humanitarian way—and their story to cover a pretty long period of time.
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What was your inspiration for “Walk to Paradise Garden?”
I am the organic type of writer, a pantser rather than a plotter. So, my initial inspiration was hazy at best. I was reading the biography of Maestro Arturo Toscanini and became amazed at the fullness of his lifespan. To have interacted with Russia’s Imperial family and with sensational composers, such as Verdi and Puccini, to have lived through the madness of the World Wars all the way up to see Elvis Presley’s gyrations and the birth of Rock and Roll (which ultimately may have done him in), well, all of that sparked my imagination.
Thus, at the outset, my aim was to illustrate how the world changed as a result of the Great War, and to do so through the eyes of two dynamic characters, a married couple. I wanted this couple to be both real (relatable) and inspirational—inspirational in a humanitarian way—and their story to cover a pretty long period of time.
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