{"id":4513396654124,"title":"The Christmas Stocking (2018)","handle":"the-christmas-stocking-2019","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI love writing about Christmas . 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In my second book (The Rose Revived) I had three protagonists and they all had different Christmases and in my third book (Wild Designs) I put in the Christmas we had at my house at the time, without the drama.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSo when I was asked to write enough Christmas stories to fill a book, I was enthusiastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt gave me an opportunity to revisit a house which has appeared in three books previously.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Wedding Season, Love Letters and Recipe for Love.)\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI loved Fenella and Rupert who lived in the house and enjoyed the chance to write\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esomething where they had a more starring role.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI also revisited Crinan in a story.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI had enjoyed writing Summer at Sea which is set in Crinan and so go back there, some of the characters reappearing, was a delight.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAnd haven’t we all wished for A Christmas Fairy to ring on the door to take the stress out of the day?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI also did something I never thought I’d do with these stories.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMy editor said, ‘I’d love you to write a ghost story,.’\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBefore my denial that this was possible was fully out of my mouth, I’d had an idea.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe idea behind a book of Christmas stories is that in the run up to Christmas, lots of people are too busy to engage in a novel.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMy thought is when the relations are getting a bit much, you can slope off to the bathroom, lock the door, read a story and come out having had a rest and able to gather up used mugs and put the kettle on again with a smile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePs\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMy daughter’s dogs have a starring role in one of these stories.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThey are my granddogs and are allowed to get away with anything!\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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