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When I decided to write a story, I knew the style I was going for. I love books written by Janet Evanovich, her heroine is sassy, brave but clumsy and impetuous, that\u2019s how I wanted Stephanie Rhodes to be. Try reading \u201cOne for the Money.\u201d In some of Evanovich\u2019s books, she writes about a woman who goes home to have Sunday dinner with her crazy family, and the reason why I think I connected with that was because it reminded me of my family in some way.<\/p>\n

After getting a job and moving to North Lincolnshire, I still went home to visit my parents nearly every weekend. Partly because I wanted to, partly because I felt obliged to, if I didn\u2019t then I was sent on a huge guilt trip mostly by my mum. As I imagined Stephanie\u2019s family, I saw my mum and dad at different times in my life. <\/p>\n

Barbara, the mum, is based a little on my mum when she was younger. Always in the kitchen, keen for me to have friends over and worried about everything.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s always in the middle of arguments, trying to keep the peace whilst looking after everyone, particularly trying to keep dad happy.<\/p>\n

Stephanie\u2019s dad, Malcolm, is older and very old fashioned. He likes dinner on the table at a certain time, does crossword puzzles in the newspaper and likes everything to run smoothly. Malcolm reminds me of my dad when he was older, he didn\u2019t like change and enjoyed a good debate.<\/p>\n

Grandma Bettie is a force of nature and reminds me of my mum when she was older and living with my family. I was her carer and it was not easy. She spoke her mind, had no filter and, probably due to her Parkinson Disease.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how my parents would have reacted to me writing a novel. My dad would probably be complaining that it doesn\u2019t compare to Fyodor Dostoevsky, and tell me how many books of his he\u2019d read, probably in Russian.<\/p>\n

Yes, in their own way, they would have been proud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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