Please welcome Patricia Josephine for her release bash!
Real Life Inspirations in Tempting Friendship
by Patricia Josephine
When it comes
to my writing, I enjoy slipping little details from my real life into the
story. It may be a name for a character mentioned in passing or somewhere the
main character went that I’ve been to. They’re like little Easter eggs that people
in my life may recognize. Here are seven that I slipped into Tempting
Friendship.
Gerry the Beer Snob
Okay, so my
husband isn’t exactly a beer snob, but he likes to try different beers and
judge them. He would get along with Gerry great because they could discuss the
different flavors of beer and he could trust Gerry to give him a good
recommendation. Also, it’s a joke between hubby and I that any spilled alcohol
is alcohol abuse.
Grand Taqua Falls
GT Falls is a
mash up of Grand Rapids, where I have family, and Tahquamenon Falls which is a
huge waterfall and tourist trap near me. Other things in GT Falls that I pulled
from real life is 28th Boulevard. There’s a street in Grand Rapids
called 28th Street and it’s so busy that any construction has to be
done at night. My grandma used to live on Hazel Street, and my last job was on
Spruce Street.
The Crown’s Inn
The restaurant
is based on one I worked at called Weber’s Rustic Inn, but Adira’s office is
based on the office at my last job, Penny’s Kitchen. It was tiny and cramped
with a filing cabinet that had stuff piled on it.
Rum and Light Coke
No, I’ve never
heard of a customer saying this, but working in restaurants since I was 18 I
have heard some pretty weird requests. Like the fish tastes too fishy. That did
actually happen. Cajun spice is too spicy. A friend once asked for pasta
primavera without the veggies. That’s the point of the dish. Otherwise, you’re
just having alfredo. Then there’s the customers who order an item and when you
bring it out say, “I didn’t order that.” That one happened a lot.
Quinn and Gerry Wanting to Kick Out Customers
That happened
to me a lot during summer time. Restaurants are crazy busy where I live then
because of tourists, and after four hours of non-stop cooking, you just want
them all to GO AWAY. More than once I begged waitresses to make it stop or to
lock the door. If I was cranky, I’d swear about customers.
Keane Not Wanting to No-Show.
You know what
really sucks? When your coworker doesn’t show up for their freaking shift!
Yeah, there’s a reason Keane doesn’t do it because I’ve had it happen to me
countless times and would never dream of doing it to another person. You’d
think this would just happen with slackers, but no, I once had a professionally
trained chef no-show.
Quinn and Keane
I had real
people in mind when I was imagining them. YouTubers, Liana Kerzer and Jeff
Holiday where kind of who I pictured when writing. Of course, when it came to
the cover, I couldn’t find a model with long dread locks and no shirt, so I had
to make do.
Other Easter
eggs are: Geralt is a reference to The Witcher games, as is Witch Hunter 3,
GTA, and Street Rage are references to real games.
I hope you
enjoyed learning about the Easter eggs I threw in the story.
Genre: Urban Fantasy / New Adult
BLURB:
At
first, Quinn isn’t impressed by Keane. He’s cocky and has sex on the brain. The
polar opposite of her. Despite their differences, something blossoms between
the two.
Never one to take things
seriously, Keane is an incubus coasting through life without a care. When he
meets Quinn, her lack of reaction to him piques his interest. No human has ever
been able to resist him.
As
Keane and Quinn struggle to understand what is going on between them, something
sinister rocks their world. Young incubi are vanishing, and Keane's friends go
missing. Someone is after his kind. When Quinn is kidnapped, Keane must uncover
who is behind the abductions and get to her before it's too late.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Patricia never set out to become a writer, and in fact, she
never considered it an option during high school and college. She was more of
an art and band geek. Some stories are meant to be told, and now she can't stop
writing.
She writes New Adult under the name Patricia Josephine and
Young Adult under the name Patricia Lynne.
Patricia lives with her husband in Michigan, hopes one day
to have what will resemble a small petting zoo, and has a fondness for dying
her hair the colors of the rainbow.
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Fun to see the real-life inspirations! I've worked in the kitchen of a restaurant before, and yeah, it sucks when someone doesn't show.
ReplyDeleteIt's the worst because it falls on everyone else to pick up the slack. I've had coworkers do it to spite the boss, but it didn't affect the boss, it affected the rest of the staff.
DeleteAppears to be a good book Chrys. Good luck to Patricia with the sales.....sure to be a success.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
I might be biased, but I think it is. ;)
DeleteEnjoyed reading the inspirations. Congrats Patricia.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked the post. Thanks, Juneta.
DeleteThanks for having me, Chrys.
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome! Sorry I wasn't around. I've been in a slump, trying to relax.
DeleteThis sounds like a fun read! Congrats, Patricia on your new release. The real life Easter eggs are a fun trivia and way to get readers even more interested in the book. All the best with your book! Thanks for sharing Patricia's book here, Chrys :)
ReplyDeleteHmmm...always tempts me. Chocolate and water. I love anything to do with water, whether it's watchng it, listening to it, or swimming in it. :-)
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental
Congrats! Sticking those real world inspirations in there sure can be fun indeed.
ReplyDeleteWell done Patricia and good luck ... and I enjoyed the little snippets of life you've added in to your post here on Chrys' blog - cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading about these little pieces of your life and how you incorporated them into your story. And I love it when writers include parts of themselves/their lives in their writing; it makes the stories more real to me.
ReplyDeleteOh, no-shows. We used to have issues like that in retail. Once, a coworker just up and quit because she was pissed, but it was the rest of us (who, supposedly, she liked) who had to deal with that fallout, not the managers who didn't have to cover for her.
ReplyDeletePatricia congrats and good luck on your new book. It sounds like you write what you know. Me too. Setting is super believable when you've experienced. Now I wish I liked beer so i could be a beer snob. hee hee.
ReplyDeleteTeresa
That is a gorgeous cover. It makes me want to learn more about these people. Interesting information too. Congratulations on your book. Sounds fascinating.
ReplyDeleteCongrats Patricia!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's really cool how this author put so much thought into her characters and setting; she put so much of herself into it.
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