Hot Scots, Castles, and Kilts by Tammy Swoish

Author:Tammy Swoish
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780375846427
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2008-01-22T05:00:00+00:00

Characters In Books Are Not Real

People Doing Real Things

Seems logical.

Characters are just that—pretend people with pretend problems. Who cares if they know how to make soap scented with lavender or roses?

I yanked a spear of lavender and pulled the entire plant up. I shook the dirt from the root.

Great.

Mom enjoys doing research. I've always thought it's annoying that she spends so much time getting to know her characters. But learning to make soap just so her character could is . . . cool.

Rats.

But why did she have to pull me into it? I'm not writing a novel. I don't need some killer scene full of details on the art of soapmaking.

I pulled another plant, this time pinching the stem below the blossoms and not yanking out the entire thing. Success!

As much as I hate to admit it, having a mother who writes is pretty cool. I mean, I wouldn't be here in Scotland if she had some other job.

Yeah, maybe someday our family would have traveled to Scotland, but then it would be just as tourists. Seeing a new country as an active part of a family is awesome.

I sighed and yanked out another plant. Shoot.

I hate being wrong, and now I felt bad about saying I didn't get along with Fiona. She's kind of cool.

I hate it when my mouth spits out things I don't really mean.

Now I'll have to apologize. Crap.

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