Author Inspiration in Paris
Sometimes when I write, my scenes are completely from my imagination, but other times a real event is the spark for an idea. In the book I'm currently editing, Not Quite Mr. Darcy, there's an incident just outside of Notre Dame Cathedral that involves police and a mob. " As Kate turned, Declan threw an arm in front of her to protect her from what was escalating into a screaming mob running from the cathedral." To avoid spoilers, I won't explain that particular scene, but I will say that it is based on my family's actual experience during our first visit to Paris. I'm not one to throw mobs and police into a story just to add drama, but both times I've visited the city there have been strikes and armed police in places that seemed alarming to me. In fact on our first visit, the moment we got off the train we had taken from London to Paris, we heard screaming in the train station and people were running in from outside with smoke following
