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An editor once said – when I’d just completed a serial based in New England – that it sounded truly American, without any of the characters saying ‘shucks’ or ‘Jeez’, so how had I done it? The answer was simple: I’d lived in Connecticut for years.
I was still glowing from her praise when she suggested I write another serial. Then she suggested I set it in Australia… and my heart sank.