Fictional
characters are the same. Take for instance, Muriel Reeves, heroine of the
Muriel Reeves Mysteries. In book one, Frank, Incense and Muriel, Muriel has always felt like the black sheep of her
family.
While everyone else is keen to win the D-DAY Award, she would prefer
to forget about the competition. Just for once she’d like to enjoy Christmas
Eve without having to vote for the member of her family who cheated death.
She
rarely talks about it, but today she opened up about the Reeves family D-DAY awards on W.S. Gager’s blog.
“It’s
a tradition,” she says, “that began with my parents. My father was a real live
action figure. Always on the go. Always in search of that next adrenalin rush.
My mother shared his sense of adventure, and in some ways was even more of a
daredevil. My brothers went on their first adventure trip when they were still
in diapers. Me? Riding the merry-go-round makes me nauseous.
“I’ve
always held the conviction that if humans were meant to race down snow covered
mountains, scuba dive on ocean floors, or jump out of airplanes, we’d have been
born with skis for feet, gills for lungs and had wings attached to our backs.
“Fortunately,
or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, the only time of year the
family gets together is December. On Christmas Eve, we vote for the family
member who took the greatest risk during the past year and lived to tell the
tale. The winner receives the D-DAY trophy. The letters
stand for Death-Defying Act of the Year Award.”
To
read Muriel’s entire interview visit W.S. Gager’s blog. Leave a comment (either
here or there) and you will be eligible to win one of three e-copies of FRANK,INCENSE AND MURIEL, the first book of my Muriel Reeves Mysteries. The winners
will be announced December 9.
Btw, today is day 6 of the Mystery We Write Blog Tour. Good
luck in the draw and happy reading!
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