Where do your inspirations for characters and their lives come from?Įverywhere! I pull inspiration from as many people and situations as possible and I’ve got a notes folder on my phone for when something catches my attention.įrom a secluded cabin nestled in the Smoky Mountains… but until I find that cabin with my name on it, I’ll take any quiet space with a window nearby and a decent view. I spend a few days brainstorming, getting to know the characters and their world, and that helps me figure out the conflict and their relationship.
I usually start with a small idea – like, “I want to write about the AT,” or “I want to utilize this side character from a previous book,” as I did for Trail Magic. How do you approach writing a new storyline? I’m honored to write a character who resonates so much with people. She’s near to my own heart, but I’ve also heard from so many readers who are either on the autism spectrum themselves or who have people on the spectrum that they care about.
That’s got to be Max from the Rulebookseries. Who is your favorite character from your books and why? I really enjoyed writing Fixer Upper because I got to talk about one of my favorite things (showing an old house some love), the side story involving Hannah’s grandmother let me dip my toe into historical fiction, and Hannah and Avery’s chemistry developed very easily. Which of your books was your favorite to write and why? Some of the earliest things I wrote were dramatized versions of my day-to-day life and I was pretty into Laura Ingalls Wilder at the time, so maybe I can credit Little House on the Prairie for getting me started. I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember so it’s hard to pin down an inspiration. Who or what inspired you to start writing? From there, it was a lot of internet research and trips to the library for guidebooks! I was stunned at how primitive it was and intrigued by the people that hike the whole 2,190 miles. I started reading about the AT several years ago (I started with Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods) and had a chance to hike a portion of the trail while on vacation in Tennessee. What kind of research did Trail Magic require? Did you know anything about the Appalachian Trail and backpacking beforehand? I wanted to give her a book of her own, and I thought the AT would be a good place for her to do some self-discovery. Raven, one of the main characters in Trail Magic, popped up unexpectedly in A Cut Above as a breast cancer patient who seemed to have an interesting story to tell. The first was my long-standing fascination with the Appalachian Trail, and the second was a small side character in a previous novel. Trail Magiccame together from two different inspirations. Who or what inspired your latest novel Trail Magic?
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