So please welcome Janet Gover and help her celebrate the release of her new book, Bring Me Sunshine!
It’s lovely to be here on Kate’s blog – Kate and I met years
ago through the RNA – and we share, among so many other things, a penchant for
changing our hair colour.
I am totally in awe of Kate’s amazing work – 59 books. Wow!
I’ve got a way to go to catch her - I’ve just launched my 4th novel,
and the fifth will be out in March.
Mostly my books are set in Australia – because that’s where
I grew up. But I’ve just had the most enormous fun writing a book set even
further south… What’s further south than Australia? You guessed it –
Antarctica.
A chance comment from a friend about a holiday trip planted
a small seed in the back of my head which grew into Bring Me Sunshine.
I really wanted to take a trip to Antarctica. The tax man
would let me deduct it as a business expense, wouldn’t he? Well, maybe not.
Unfortunately my budget didn’t stretch quite that far. It did however stretch
to the Arctic.
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| I love research! |
I’m from outback Queensland – I attended school in 40 degree
temperatures – and there was no air conditioning in my small country town. I am
fascinated by snow and ice.
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| I have never been so cold in my life |
I had such a lot of fun writing the book. It’s about loss
and loneliness and the healing power of love. It’s about a girl who brings
sunshine back into the life of a man who has been hurting for far too long. And
a man who would go to the end of the earth, almost literally, for the women he
loves.
And – it’s got penguins in it. It’s even got penguins on the cover!
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| Adore the penguins - holding hands or, rather, flippers! |
And everyone loves a book with penguins on the cover –
right?
12 comments:
Hero and Heroine AND penguins - sounds fabulous. What an amazing experience going to Antarctica, Janet. Wow. Not many people can say that! Best of luck with your new release. Caroline x
Hi Caroline - My sister-in-law and her mother made the journey - when her mother was in her 70s. That was amazing. There was a storm on their journey and the older woman broke her wrist as she was tossed out of bed by the heaving of the ship. That inspired part of the book. I don't make life easy for my characters. Janet X
My sister and brother-in-law went to Antarctica a few years ago and absolutely loved it. It sounds a magical place. I look forward to seeing it through the pages of your novel.
Liz X
I tried to do it justice, Liz. Hopefully you will be shivering (in a good way) as you read it. Janet
It sounds like a book of real contrasts, Janet. I'm looking forward to it.
It might be set in Antarctica, Janet, but it's giving me a nice warm glow (and not just that sauna scene!). I didn't 'mean' to start it as my CL tbr pile is heaving, but I dipped into it and got hooked!
Ah Chris - the sauna scene! I rather enjoyed writing that.
Beverley - hopefully you'll find the heat in the sauna a contrast to the cold outside. His name is Christopher - but you ladies can call him Kit. J X
This sounds like an inspiring romantic read, Janet. Definitely one for me. And what an interesting life you have - and still do - lead. Fascinating.
Janet . . . I'm sure the taxman could be persuaded about the depth of your research . . . maybe?
I just loved this book - especially the hero who is scrumptious. I read it almost in one sitting (one very long sitting) because I simply couldn't put it down. I was rooting for the main characters from the word go!
Berni xxx
Thank you Margaret. I have been very lucky. I've travelled to some amazing places and met many inspiring people. I have more stories in my head that I can possibly write. But I will try very hard.
Thanks Berni. Those are the words a writer likes to hear the most.
Have it loaded on the Kindle ready to read and looking forward to it after all these lovely comments!
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