Guest post with Shay Fabbro
When I first
got the idea for Dangerous Reflections, I tossed around the idea of having Alex
live somewhere other than the US. Australia was first on the list as was Paris,
but after trying and rejecting other locales, I decided to have the story take
place a little closer to home.
Well, more like
WAY close to home. In the same TOWN I currently live in, actually. I thought it
might be kind of fun to have a story take place in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Maybe put it on the map, like Stephenie Meyers did for Forks, Washington. Who
knows, if my books make it big, there may be tours and such of Grand Junction
and people can see where Alex spent her teenage years J
Once I really
got to thinking about it, Grand Junction seemed a perfect place to have this
adventure take place. I grew up here and could incorporate some of my favorite
places into the books. Not to mention that there is some pretty gorgeous
scenery.
link for credit: http://www.nps.gov/colm/planyourvisit/scenic-rim-rock-drive.htm
Grand Junction
is surrounded by mountains, actually. We have the Grand Mesa and the Bookcliffs
as well as the Monument. Alex lives at the base of the Monument and gets to go
hiking whenever she wants to. Someday, hubby and I will have a house up there
and I’ll be able to go out my back yard and enjoy the splendor of nature any
time I want. There’s a pretty neat secret revealed at the beginning of Twisted
Reflections pertaining to the Monument. It was something I’d always wanted to
find while up in the hills hiking around. It’s sort of fun being a writer. I get
to let my characters live out my dreams!
link for credit: http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/TRA/PLANTS/bookclif.shtml
I thought it
would be fun to have Alex go to the same high school I did and hang out at the
same places I used to when I was a teenager. Folks that are from Grand Junction
will recognize many of the locales in the Alexis Davenport books. Might even be
a nice trip down memory lane for them.
Have you read
books that take place in your hometown or some city/town you are familiar with?
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commenter will win e-book copies of BOTH Dangerous Reflections and Twisted
Reflections!
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