A Walk in the Vineyards~ Love Story Inspiration

A Walk in the Vineyards~ Love Story Inspiration

I can't believe it's already fall. I have a batch of photos from summer I still haven't shared with you.  So, before the rains come, I'll call this blog a re-cap and share some of the photos that inspired me over the summer. :-)

Because I spend so much time sitting at the computer writing, I do my best to get off my buns and walk everyday. It's not a surprise that the more I walk, the more inspired I become. 

Although I don't have a professional camera, I thought you'd enjoy a collage of some of the photos I've taken on my walks in Sonoma and Napa Valley. I have thousands of photos like these stored on my phone. Might as well share them...:-)

Most of the photos were taken in downtown Sonoma, near the Sonoma Plaza.  My book series, The Single Girls Wine Club, takes place here and all of the photos help give life to the scenes I'm often "writing" in my head as I walk. 

* Top left: Sunflowers at St. Francis Winery and Vineyards in Kenwood.

*Top middle: Poppies and wildflowers on E. Spain Street in Sonoma.

*Top right: Roses near the Napa Waterfront.

*Middle left and right: More wine country wildflowers growing along the bike path running through Sonoma.

*Middle-midde: That's me waving behind my roses. They're a very basic climbing rose I planted several years ago. I don't remember the variety, but they took off three years after I planted them.  
 
 *Bottom right is a grapevine we have growing in our back yard.  I love how expressive they are! 

*Bottom middle is actually a wall in a boutique on Hayes Street in San Francisco.  I think they call them "air" plants. They're growing in the wall! Couldn't resist the heart shape design.

*Bottom left (my favorite) is wild grapevine that obviously fell in love with a rose. 

I have exciting news to share with you soon. I'm releasing my first holiday novella. I'm crazy about Christmas and have had this story in mind for a long time.  I hope you like it.
 

The second book in The Single Girls Wine Club Series will be out early 2017. The title is Napa Crush, (Danica's story).  Just a Kiss, the first book in the series is available here.  

 

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Until next time,

-Kate

Under the Sonoma Sun

Maybe I'm just one of those people who have an overactive imagination.

Perhaps I just expect ideas will come to me and they do. Or, maybe, I'm just comfortable with having several story ideas running through my brain at any given time.  I am. :-)

For me, ideas or the inspiration for them, can come from anywhere, at anytime, from anything:

An idea can suddenly come to me when I'm watching a movie and the title somehow changes in mind.

Or a when family comes to visit and I take them to some of my favorite local tourist destinations.

Sometimes, someone else's story, from a long time ago, inspires me,

 

My character Lulu Castilli, in Just a Kiss, is the great granddaughter of a renowned winemaker.

Or a song lyric gets stuck in my brain.

Here are a few of the songs I listened to while writing Sarah and Jamie's love story in Just a Kiss: Sarah Smile, Something, Edge of Desire. The playlist is here.

There is a flower in my story that a character uses to explain how she feels about Sarah Dupont. I took this photo right outside my kitchen door.

Maybe all my years in radio taught me that there is no "bad" way to find an idea, just as there are no "bad" ideas.  

Open your eyes, listen with your soul and see what happens. 

Until next time, Kate xo  

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