{"id":2662,"date":"2019-11-04T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pelicanbookgroup.com\/?p=2662"},"modified":"2022-12-10T11:00:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T17:00:27","slug":"waltzing-matilda-by-clare-revell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/waltzing-matilda-by-clare-revell\/","title":{"rendered":"Waltzing Matilda by Clare Revell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Where does my inspiration come from?<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Inspiration comes from everywhere. Sometimes a TV programme &ndash; wondering what would happen if the character went left instead of right, or accepted the promotion or declined it. Sometimes it&rsquo;s in things I see around me. Sometimes it&rsquo;s my Christmas shelf that simply inspires me. Or a sunset, sunrise or rainbow.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Having said that, we just got back from a holiday in Scotland and there was this road we went up. Up being the operative word. A 1 in 4 hill, 1700ft up a mountain. There will be a story about this&hellip;so stay tuned.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span lang=\"EN-GB\">This time, I blame Lisa my editor. You see we were having a daft email conversation trying to rename another book and I suggested Waltzing Matilda. Her reply was &lsquo;no because that&rsquo;s about an Australian who organizes the annual Christmas dance&mdash;no that&rsquo;s not a real book.&rsquo;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Ten minutes later I emailed back the basic book outline and said &lsquo;it is now.&rsquo;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Of course it diverted from my basic outline, they always do. The characters refuse to play nicely. Or they decide they have a better plan. The peas under the mattress for one example. That was Leo&rsquo;s idea and he just wouldn&rsquo;t drop it. I&rsquo;m assuming they are dried peas. It&rsquo;d be a tad messy if they were mushy peas. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span lang=\"EN-GB\">And the really Tilly doesn&rsquo;t care one iota that she&rsquo;s the main character in a book. She hates dancing and does nothing but eat and sleep. But then she&rsquo;s a cat!<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: &quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.2; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">Pre-Order Waltzing Matilda &#8211; A Christmas Holiday Extravaganza<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Waltzing Matilda (Christmas Holiday Extravaganza)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"1080\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_Q8j9ElASzedtQN&#038;asin=B07YSYG6NT&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where does my inspiration come from? 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