THE WILD LAVENDER BOOKSHOP is my second book in the Someday Valley series, which is a spinoff of my Honey Creek series. I loved writing this book first of all because I love bookstores. When I wrote about the bookshop, it was fun to describe the people I see in bookstores and libraries everyday.
And I was writing about a character who had no idea where he was heading in life, which I could relate to. When I was young, I could never decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a writer, but I can’t spell. My mother told me to major in home economics in college because it was a course that would always be there. I did get a degree in family studies and became a marriage counselor but hated it. People came in and yelled all the time! I still didn’t know what I wanted to be.
When I started this book, I had a character in mind who was drifting like I did. My character, Noah, wanted to be a writer, so I began to think about how most writers stumble into their careers. I think most people go through life looking for their place in the world. Some spend their whole lives looking while a rare few actually find what they’re searching for.
I love to write about small towns so I’ve brought back a few characters from STRAWBERRY LANE that I loved. I hope you’ll join me in Honey Creek again and enjoy the journey as much as I did. THE WILD LAVENDER BOOKSHOP will be released April 23, but you can pre-order now at jodithomas.com.
