Jessica: Just back from a trip out of town and glad to be home with my dog, Sam!
Today is the final installment of my conversation with Julia on the subject of goals. We had enormous fun spending time together and hope that you enjoy listening to the chat too!
Jessie Crockett wears a lot of hats, both literally and literarily. As Jessie Crockett she is the Daphne Award winning author of Live Free or Die and the nationally bestselling Sugar Grove series. As Jessica Ellicott she has received starred reivews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal for her historical mystery Murder in an English Village. As Jessica Estevao she writes the Agatha Award nominated Change of Fortune Mysteries. She loves the beach, fountain pens, Mini Coopers and throwing parties. She lives in northern New England where she obsessively knits wool socks and enthusiastically speaks Portuguese with a shocking disregard for the rules of grammar.
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For me, I think when I read a book that I want to be able to step into the book (be it a amateur sleuth walking invisibly by the main character or just a bug on the wall) and have all my senses woken up. I want to see what the characters see, feel their emotions, smell and taste the delightful food and hear the slightest sound that might be so important to the storyline. I want to explore your places via my recliner. It’s my desire to be apprehensive when danger lurks, my heart to be full when love is blooming, thrilled when I think I’ve figured out whodunit. In other words, I want to come alive within the pages of the book whether it’s a build up story, a story of lingering hope or one that I’m just compelled to read it in one sitting type book. I start reading each book with expectations of a five star read.
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I want a mystery with some humor mixed in. Not too many extraneous characters that make it hard to keep track of who is who. Something that leaves me wanting the next book.
Julia, I’m excited–I didn’t know that your next book was done and coming out in November! I’ll start looking for pre-order possibilities. Jessica, I’ll be “watching this space,” as you suggest. And thanks to both of you for making me look up washi tape, which I had never heard of. I guess it isn’t a big deal in Switzerland yet.
I want to be transported into a new place where I can use my skills to figure out the mystery, enjoy the characters, find out about states and occupations that I have not been to or have been to but seeing in a different light.
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For me, I think when I read a book that I want to be able to step into the book (be it a amateur sleuth walking invisibly by the main character or just a bug on the wall) and have all my senses woken up. I want to see what the characters see, feel their emotions, smell and taste the delightful food and hear the slightest sound that might be so important to the storyline. I want to explore your places via my recliner. It’s my desire to be apprehensive when danger lurks, my heart to be full when love is blooming, thrilled when I think I’ve figured out whodunit. In other words, I want to come alive within the pages of the book whether it’s a build up story, a story of lingering hope or one that I’m just compelled to read it in one sitting type book. I start reading each book with expectations of a five star read.
2clowns at arkansas dot net
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Great conversation. I want to just experience a moment of escape and relaxation.
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I want a mystery with some humor mixed in. Not too many extraneous characters that make it hard to keep track of who is who. Something that leaves me wanting the next book.
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Julia, I’m excited–I didn’t know that your next book was done and coming out in November! I’ll start looking for pre-order possibilities. Jessica, I’ll be “watching this space,” as you suggest. And thanks to both of you for making me look up washi tape, which I had never heard of. I guess it isn’t a big deal in Switzerland yet.
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I want to be transported into a new place where I can use my skills to figure out the mystery, enjoy the characters, find out about states and occupations that I have not been to or have been to but seeing in a different light.
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