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Choc Lit Interviews Lauren Willig! |
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Choc Lit |
Where did you find the inspiration for your novel, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation? |
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Lauren |
Way too many years of watching the Anthony Andrews “Scarlet Pimpernel” and other dashing swashbucklers who tossed off witty repartee as they defeated the perspiring villain with one hand tied behind their backs. There was just one problem—those old heroes all had it way too easy. I wanted to take a suave spy, bedevil with an equally spunky heroine, and see just who got the last laugh. |
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Choc Lit |
What was particularly challenging about writing this story? |
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Lauren |
Finding the time to write it! I wrote “Pink Carnation” as a full time grad student, dashing back and forth between dissertation research and grading student papers, so the writing generally got put off to odd moments. I used to sneak my laptop into the history department library and guiltily pull up my manuscript when I was meant to be working on my dissertation. As you can see, the novel got done; the dissertation didn’t. |
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Choc Lit |
What do you love most about your hero and heroine? |
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Lauren |
I love the way Amy, my heroine, flings herself wholly into everything she does, without doubt or second-guessing. And I love the way Richard, my hero, seems like the perfect man of mystery on the outside, but has to deal with a lovable but encroaching family and two best friends who know him way too well—in short, all the ordinary guy stuff that makes him human. |
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Choc Lit |
How would you describe your hero, Lord Richard Selwick, in terms of chocolate? |
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Lauren |
Richard is a brandy truffle, cloaked in anonymous dark chocolate on the outside, but with a soft center that is distinctly intoxicating. |
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