after geisha in Edo’s Floating World. The geisha who was so
beautiful and talented that one of the richest nobles in Japan
desired her as his wife.
get it. Pregnant with her lover’s child and knowing that the
disgrace would mean certain death for both her and her unborn child,
Terue makes the devastating choice to flee Japan on the day her
daughter – Kazhua, The Geisha with the Green Eyes – was born and
changes both their destinies forever.
red thread of their fate. The thread connects to all those we come in
contact with throughout our lives. Thus, each path in life is predestined.
her to Kazhua, the daughter she was forced to abandon on the day of
her birth in Edo’s Floating World. But before she can find Kazhua,
fate has much in store for Terue.
in the Crimea, Terue serves as a nurse, witnessing the horrors of the
battlefield.
might never see her beloved daughter or husband again…
Lord Kyle, Terue thinks she will soon be home again in her beloved
Scottish Highlands.
learns that her daughter is a geisha in Edo. Overjoyed at the chance
to be reunited with her child again, she and her husband set out to
find Kazhua, returning to where Terue’s life began in the Floating
World.
identity proves more difficult than they expected. Terue is so close
to finding her daughter, she can feel the red thread that binds them
together pulling taught. But reaching out to Kazhua could put all
their lives at risk.
in the rarefied atmosphere of the British Library. Now, I share a
blissful early retirement on the wonderful Costa Blanca, living in a
male-dominated household with my long-suffering husband, a cat and a dog.
Do the characters all come to you at the same time or do some of them come to you as you write?
I tend to start with a main character. Just as in life, nobody is alone. Other characters appear and develop alongside the main character, and interact with her/him. And in their turn, the minor characters cause changes in the main character. That’s life! And again just as in life, my supporting characters change and come and go as the action progresses. I tend to write straight through, both in terms of plot and characterizations. I find that makes the writing process easier initially, but it also means a very heavy edit at the end. I often find myself thinking during the editing process now why on earth did I decide that should have happened? Which, of course, means major changes.
Every writer is different. I’m sure many writers would hate to work the way that I do! But I feel that life happens, and things change. So I’m fluid with my characters as well.
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