True Confessions about Made-Up Things
On the original cover of Painted Moon, the figures are a woman and… a dog. Absolutely, it’s a dog. (Hop over to the “all about” for Painted Moon and open the “Covers Past and Present” gallery. It’s the light tealy-bluish one.)
Pretend you’re something you’re not and hope for the best. After all, the lie only has to last a few days. Making Up for Lost Time started with this basic premise of a screwball comedy, with inspiration from the hilarious Christmas in Connecticut, starring Barbara Stanwyck.
Above Temptation was a manuscript in the drawer for so long that when it was time to revisit, all of the banking laws had changed, and banking fraud itself was a different style of crime. Kip and Tam turned out to be more informed than the author.