Springtime Pleasures (33 page)
As to the anachronistic wild boars and highwaymen—only after I had written them into the novel, I found out that it would have been very unlikely for Charlie to run into either of them. But because I had already had so much fun with both species, they stayed in the novel. What is more, given that the wild boars were clearly fictional, I found myself justified to make them rather more bloodthirsty than their real-life counterparts. The latter, however, have indeed become a problem in some parts of some countries: several years ago I watched a documentary about the wild boars roaming through the gardens in the suburbs of Berlin.
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Springtime Pleasures
is my second self-published novel, and I would like to thank all the wonderful indie writers who so generously share their knowledge and experience on their blogs, in workshops, and on e-mail loops. Thank you for all the help and encouragement you give to others!
I would also like to thank my lovely new editor, Bev Katz Rosenbaum, whose insights and advice helped me to make
Springtime Pleasures
a stronger novel
Last but not least, I owe a huge thank you to Alexandra Velten and Rainer Nagel for their generous assistance in my (hectic) last-minute research on what the great Sphinx of Giza looked like in 1817. Thank you for coming to my rescue!
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