Of the many challenges facing an author, a natural setting for the characters and the developing plot is essential. Jan Green writes here of some of the places she has visited–and shares some graphics–that helped inspire her in writing her latest novel.
Memorable Places
I have had the good fortune to live in a number of incredibly beautiful and memorable places in the world, and it seems natural to base my stories in the settings that I remember with such fondness.
In the story of Out of the Frying Pan, my main character, Sharba, is based in England to start with, but she visits Australia and Kenya before finally settling in Zambia, which is the country of her birth.
Australia is an immense country with countless interesting activities for a young person to explore, and so this seemed a good place for her to go on holiday and meet Oliver.
Later in the story, they travel to Kenya in East Africa, and Sharba spends a couple of magical days on the Kenyan coast at Diani, a place very dear to me. Sharba wishes she could stay there longer as it seems to her to be the ultimate tropical paradise, with its unspoiled crystal white sandy beaches, azure sea and exotic trees and flowers.
Sharba then moves on to Zambia, a beautiful country sitting right in the heart of the African continent. It is filled with stunning wildlife, vast unspoiled landscapes and is home to the iconic Victoria Falls. It is a country in which I lived for many years.
She lives in a quiet corner of the southern province next the majestic Zambesi River and amid a myriad of exotic birds and animals. Not far away the river flows over the Victoria Falls in a roaring drama or noise, spray and the most beautiful rainbows.
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