Throwback: Brooklynaire!
Some things you may not know about Brooklynaire:
- The timeline of this book is wrapped around the timelines for Hard Hitter and Pipe Dreams. That is super fun to read, but it was a bitch to write. Remind me never to do that again. And I apologize to the trees I killed in order to use seven different colors of post-its.
- Some smart people (names withheld to protect the silly) told me not to write it. “Readers want the hockey players, not the team owner.” But then...
- Brooklynaire was the first Brooklyn book to hit a bestseller list...and since then, every single Brooklyn book has hit!
- Writing this book during “me too” was such a challenge! I fought for a relationship that did not have an egregious power imbalance. And I’m proud of where I ended up.
- I had three pages of palindromes scrawled in my notebook, each one just looking for the perfect spot in the story.
- I do not own a smart speaker, but if Bingley were real, I’d be first in line.
- In order to brainstorm Bingley’s jokes, I googled: “jokes for kindergarteners.”
- Nate is narrated by Zachary Webber. But the producer was Teddy Hamilton! And he had to call me in the middle and ask what kind of accent Bingley was supposed to have. (Sorry Teddy! I’ll leave better notes next time.)
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