Lots of details mean something to me, but most everything is made up out of the ether with nothing more meant than to tell a story that people enjoy reading but also feel it was worth the calories. Me well say the plot is really about my mother’s uncles and their business dealings-but their business was seafood not opium! Still, I would agree that there is a certain matrix there. I am really a very simplistic author and have no way of analyzing my books. Like buying something on today’s bestseller Something she might like, that might intrigue her. Given that both stories had a murder mystery involving opium, lovers and orphans?Ĭourter: It was a popular book of the era and he was an intellectual. Wondered also if this was symbolic or of more significance in relation to “Flowers in the Blood” WMBC – Silas sent to Dinah “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” by Charles Dickens and we

On my personal rolltop, I have calligraphy labels ont eh side out drawers that read: Ideas, Plots, Romance, Cures, Wit, Hopes, Dreams, & Sanity. I do love desks and have 5 rolltops here and there, so maybe that’s it. Was so gorgeous I wanted to include it in the book, so I made a big deal of it. I saw a photo of the real Clive desk and it Might there be some major symbolism to you or to the characters?Ĭourter: I am afraid there is nothing too deep here. WMBC – Sila’s desk was a big part of the story in the novel’s opening, closing and Dinah’sĪdult life. I don’t think they fled out of fear of their lives as much as fear that he And also, Amar really liked them and they did He could really pursue them wherever they went. WMBC - What happened to the vengeance of Amar, the Maharajah? Wouldn’t he have sent scouts out to find Edwin and Dinah to inflict punishment for slipping out under the cover of darkness and duping him?Ĭourter: Not so easy to get around India and his authority was limited to his state. Your questions are more like “Stump the Author.” The first thing we did here was send Gay Courter a set of questions at along with some photos of our club, which she answered as follows:Ĭourter: The photos are wonderful! Thanks so much for them.

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Flowers in the Blood by Gay Courter