True Confessions about Made-Up Things
Even bitches have back stories. That was the singular thought that made Karin realize that mean girl Jennifer Lamont from Stepping Stone had a story to tell and a path to redemption in Captain of Industry.
Anidyr Bycall’s name has two Russian inspirations. Lake Baikal, the largest freshwater lake in the world, and several places are named Anadyr in easternmost Russia. Anidyr is pronounced “Annie-dear” – At least that’s what her affectionate father says in Warming Trend.
Samuel Coleridge’s epic poem Christabel sends a self-appointed knight into the evil, green forest to fight a witch for the soul of a young woman. It is presumed that the young woman wouldn’t stay with the witch unless she were under a spell. That script needed flipping.