![]() This bookshop is able to communicate via a chalkboard it “writes” bookish quotes, each one addressing something that’s going on. Looking at it from that perspective really helped me bring it to life.ĪBW: Nice. I think the thing that helped me most was viewing the shop as another member of the Fulbright family. That mostly came with time and help from other writers who were seasoned World Builders and knew how to help me push Rhyme and Reason. ![]() I had to push myself to develop the shop as a character. In my early attempts, much of the story was Poppy running around in an empty bookshop. It took a lot of digging for me to figure out what exactly that would look like, and a lot of drafts to find Rhyme and Reason’s personality. MT: In the beginning the very first idea I had for the book was about a girl who lived in a magic bookshop with her family. From the get-go, did you set out to write a story about a magical bookshop? Mindy Thompson: Thank you so much for the warm welcome, and for letting me be here on the blog today!ĪBW: I love that you’re here! Let’s start by talking about the opening, where readers walk into Rhyme & Reason-a bookshop that’s “moody” but it’s “all part of the bookshop’s charm.” Ha! You had me at page one, just saying, and my question is how you developed this character, the bookshop. The deadline to enter is Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at 11:59 PM.Ī. Hop to the end of this post for giveaway details, then use the hyperlink to pop back here and read our interview. Yep, the shop is a character in its own right! And what a character it is.īut we’ll get to that in a minute because Mindy is here on the blog today to chat a bit about crafting this powerful story!īut first, the GIVEAWAY: one lucky reader will win a copy of Mindy’s book. The main characters include a girl, her brother and the bookshop, itself. Magic, inspirational quotes, time-travel, and World War II history fill the pages of Mindy Thompson’s imaginative debut The Bookshop of Dust and Dreams, just out from Viking/Penguin Random House.
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