2.
A hospital in the book is named after my niece,
Marcede Grace
3.
I stayed at a Hostel in Victoria, BC when I was
in my early twenties. (as the three do on their road trip)
4.
I came up with the idea of doing a road trip to
Canada from Seattle when I was at ALA for a conference
5.
Morgan’s brother’s car is my husband’s car- a
442 Cutlass. I am happy to report however that he does not have fuzzy dice
hanging from the rear view like the one in the book does
6.
My editor made me cut the scene in the taxi cab
way down (when Morgan goes to visit her dad) because she thought he was acting
creepy
7.
I got the idea about her obsession with twitter
followers from being on twitter
8.
Fredrick the Chihuahua and Aunt Allie from WHO I KISSED make a brief cameo in this book!
9. I love hashtags a lot. I think everyday life should have hashtags
10.
When I subbed the book to my editor it was
called, Because of You. I suck at titles. None of my titles have made it to the published book.
11.
Amy is based on someone I met and I loved the
quirk and talking with a filter so much I had to make her into a
character. She’s more quirky on the page
of course
12.
On a less happy note, one of the writing friends
who I acknowledged in the end of the book, passed away from cancer before the
book got published. Leslie Carmichael
was a little bit Amy and she is missed.
13.
There was an earlier version of the cover that
followed the circle pattern of my past books and it was really nice, but I like
the new direction and think it portrays
what the book is about better
14.
Libby Sally (the doctor) is one of my friends
who told me she wanted to be a character in my book. So I made her the doctor.
She was very happy
15.
I dedicated this book to a book blogger, Jean
Vallatros. She hung out with me at ALA in Seattle when the book was coming
together, and she said something that made me want to dedicate the book to her.
Her name is spelled wrong. :(
16.
Josh’s Movemeber mustache mentioned in the book
came to me when a friend of mine grew one in November. He wore 70’s sunglasses
and rocked the 70’s vibe the entire month (to raise money for Prostate Cancer)
and I thought it was admirable, but also very hilarious
I have to go back and read #16 Things and look out for the Fredrick and Aunt Allie cameo. Also at BEA I totally asked if you were coming out with anything soonish (I need another book for my JG addiction) and nothing this season. Sigh. I guess I have to wait :)
ReplyDeleteYou're the best!
DeleteI love the circle patterns on your books! But I guess the author is always right. Thanks for the little behind the scene facts!
ReplyDeleteI think it's more that the publisher is always right. ;)
DeleteSince I live in Vancouver, I laughed at several things about the trip, including the round-about route taken to the ferry.
ReplyDelete...and the ferry... the guy who let them on? that guy is pure fiction ;) almost 8 years of taking the ferry twice a month, and several very serious emergency family things... yeah, no breaks on cutting the line, even with a reservation.
I really enjoyed this book, and it was fun to see a bit of Vancouver/Victoria, even the ferry which I grew to curse.
It would be neat to see an Alberta-based story too, since I lived in Calgary & Airdrie for a couple of years.
Oh, and one thing I was curious about (sorry, small picky thing), Amy says in the bags of snacks she brought Skittles, but then later they're eating Smarties... did I read that wrong?
Hi. Sorry to reply so late. That Smartie, Skittle thing was probably a typo or error. Blush. These things do slip in. Like there are actually 17 things listed in the book. :O
DeleteFunny about the Ferry. I did have a friend who got on a Ferry for an emergency. it was the tears that did it. ha ha.