Author of Lost in London
The Rambunctious Readers are so excited to interview author Cindy Callaghan about her latest book, Lost in London.
RR: How did you get the idea of getting trapped in a store
overnight in Daphnes?
Cindy: Did you ever read The Mixed Up Files? In that they
get locked in a museum. I love that book and ever since I read it I've
ben obsessed with places that I'd love to spend the night: A bakery, hair
salon, carnival....and DAPHNE's is like allllll of those places wrapped up in
one. Don't you think?
RR: How did you come up with the names of the characters?
Cindy: The perfect character name is very important to me.
It has to "fit" the character I am trying to paint. I
can't really explain it exactly, but I know it when I find it. Sometimes
a character is just called X until I can think of the perfect name.
RR: How did you come up with Jordan's friends personalities
and characteristics?
Cindy: I like to have a cast of characters that are different
from one another, because that's how friends are in real life, right? If
everyone was the same, that would be so boring. I try to think of
different quirks. I get a lot of them from listening and watching other
people.
RR: Did you base any of the characters on anyone you know?
Cindy: I don't base a character 100% on someone that I know, but
I might take a trait or characteristic that I know or like about someone and
give it to a character along with a bunch of made up stuff and characteristics
from someone else. They are kind of like montages of all different people.
RR: How do you come up with so many creative ideas for all of
your books?
Cindy: I suffer from something called Too Many Idea Syndrome.
I have an idea notebook just filled with ideas that I want to write
about. When I think of something, I put it in my notebook. I could
never write all of my ideas in a hundred lifetimes.
RR: When will your next book becoming out and what is it
about?
Cindy: LUCKY ME comes out July, 2014. It's about
superstitious Meghan McGlinchey who gets cursed when she goofs up a chain
letter. Unraveling the curse takes her on an amazing journey where she
discovers a lot more than links of a chain. It's a very cool story that takes
place in southern Ireland.
About Cindy Callaghan: Cindy grew up in New
Jersey and attended college at the University of Southern California before
earning her BA in English and French, and MBA from the University of Delaware.
She recently exited corporate America after nearly twenty years, and is now
fully entrenched in business consulting, writing, and family. She is very
involved with her children’s activities, including coaching the occasional
soccer team. Cindy lives, works and writes in Wilmington, Delaware with her
family and numerous rescued pets
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