{"id":1263,"date":"2021-11-03T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lydiacameron.net\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2021-12-10T11:13:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T19:13:43","slug":"hoax-amelia-island-suspense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lydiacameron.net\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/hoax-amelia-island-suspense\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoax – Amelia Island Suspense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’re excited to have Leanna Sain back to tell her about her new book, Hoax, <\/em>the newest installment of the Amelia Island Suspense <\/em>series. Leanna joined us back in November 2019 to tell us about the first installment of the series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoax<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

by Leanna Sain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I never intended to write a sequel to Hush<\/em>. In my mind it was supposed to be a stand-alone story, something I used as therapy for getting me through the final stages of my mother\u2019s Alzheimer\u2019s journey. When it was done, I thought it would be the end of Lacey and Ford and living in the imaginary world I\u2019d created on Amelia Island. But my publisher informed me that suspense novels do better when they\u2019re in a series, so would I please create one? What? A series? Yikes! I hadn\u2019t bargained on that. Time to reset my thinking. Hmmm. What if I followed the thread about Lacey\u2019s granddad\u2019s paintings? The ones she and Ford discovered at the end of the story? That might work as a starting point, but I had to have more than that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I flirted with the idea of art forgery, something I knew little to nothing about. Yes, that might work, but if I went that route, I had some serious research to do. I had to know<\/em> about art forgery before I could write<\/em> about it and make it believable. So I started digging. That\u2019s my favorite part about writing a book\u2014the research part. I consider it continuing my college education without having to pay for tuition. Thank the Lord for the Internet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I\u2019m a very \u201cvisual\u201d person, one of the first things I needed to do was find the perfect artist to pattern the character of JD Campbell after. I needed to be able to see<\/em> the work while writing my story. I logged untold hours online searching and was beginning to think I\u2019d never find exactly what I was looking for, that I\u2019d have to settle for something less. Then I discovered Erin Hanson\u2019s work, and I knew I\u2019d found the perfect fit.  Take a look: (https:\/\/www.erinhanson.com\/p\/lilies_on_the_lake<\/a>) Her beautiful painting, Lilies on the Lake, <\/em>was the inspiration for JD\u2019s missing work, Delilah\u2019s Lilies<\/em>, in the story. I love, love<\/em>, LOVE her open impressionism style, and I\u2019m so glad I found her. My dream is to one day own a print of that painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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