I am certainly doing that at the moment. I conveniently made the hero of the first Riviera book a billionaire, which comes in very handy when sorting out a lot of situations now he is the boss of the family detective agency. Money does talk, and he’s funding a lot of the action in Riviera 2 which is very convenient for an author. I’ve got my characters into some sticky places, and it is very useful to have Jake around to bail me out where necessary. I understand exactly what Sayers meant about enjoying spending his money!The hero of the book, on the other hand does not have much money … but that’s all part of the story …
In what I hope will be Riviera 3, there is an inheritance …
Imagination is also playing a part, at the moment, in travel. Yesterday, doing what I hope are the last round of personal edits, before the book gets submitted to the publishers (Nail biting time) I was in Bath and Bristol. By the end of the week I will be in Nice, and then Paris. And all without moving from the house.
Books take you places, as a writer and a reader. And at the moment, we need that.