Inspirations

The British Museum

     I don’t think there is a city in the world I love to visit more than London. When I was a kid I had this tiny black and white TV in my bedroom. Yes, my children, television existed back then… Anyway, my parents got it so I could watch sitcoms and cartoons, but I don’t think they understood what I would really use it for. PBS. On weekends our local PBS station ran British sitcoms like Good Neighbors and Are You Being Served? and most importantly – Black Adder. Saturday nights were all Dr. Who. So I became the kid who perfected a British accent and actually spoke in nothing but it for a year. Did that get me bullied? Yes. Do I regret it? I don’t know. It was fun, and my accent is still pretty good. So what does all of this have to do with A Dom is Forever? Well, when I got to a point where I could travel, one of the first places I went was London. So there’s a lot of London in Masters and Mercenaries, but the British Museum holds a special place in my heart. The first time I went I spent days there. Rich and I walked as many rooms as we could, and I found inspiration I’m still writing about. But one moment I remember so vividly is walking into the café of the museum because at the time there was such a delineation between the spaces. We were in the hushed shadows of centuries of history, and then bright sunlight was on my face, and I paused and just felt the moment. 

In the book, this is when Liam begins to fall for Avery. When he watches her stand, bathed in sunlight, her face turned up to the sun. I don’t think it was that way for my husband. I’m pretty sure he was like hey babe, I’m hungry, can we move this along. But for me as an author, it was something I couldn’t forget, and I transformed the feeling into one of the most important scenes in A Dom is Forever. 

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A Dom is Forever