Source? It was a family case which Trina was using
Significance? The clothes is contained
complicated Cousin Mara’s stay at the writers’ festival
Fate? It’s probably back with Trina or Deb, her mother
Author’s inspiration? I inherited
some interesting clothes from my cousins.
First appearance? In Mara’s Case
Mara Payne found
herself reluctantly taking part in a writers’ conference after someone let the
organisers down. Reclusive, awkward and the ugly duckling in a family of flamboyant
swans, Mara wore whatever was comfortable and unremarkable.
She packed her
case and departed for her stay in the porridge-coloured motel.
When she opened
the case to dress for her panel appearance the next day, she was horrified to
discover clothing more suited to her glossy cousin Trina.
Having to dress
in a wardrobe far removed from her own had a curious effect on Mara as an alter
ego apparently took over the microphone…
It later devolved
that Mara’s Case was actually Trina’s Case: both cousins owned a piece
of the old family luggage and Trina’s helpful donation to her cousin’s wardrobe
had come along at just the wrong time. Or maybe not. Mara was never too sure
about that.
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Sally is Sally Odgers; author, anthologist and reader. You can find you way into her maze of websites and blogs via the portal here.(Sally is me, by the way.)
The goal for 2017 was to write a post a day profiling the background behind one of my books; how it came to be written, what it's about, and any things of note that happened along the way. 2017 is well behind us, but I ran out of year before running out of books. As of June 2018 I STILL hadn't run out of books, but many of those still to come are MIA by which I mean I don't have copies and remember little about them. There are more new books in the pipeline, and I'm certainly showcasing those, but in between times, I'm profiling some of my characters, places and objects. Thank you so much to everyone who's come along on this journey so far!
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