𝔼𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕙 🌈 Author 🪶 Quill Cassava Elska 🐻 (@authorquillcelska.bsky.social)

alex_micati on Instagram: "Here's a short story about how the weather and a rug inspired me to write my latest published novel. Shouldn't take long. In late 2…" Here's a short story about how the weather and a rug inspired me to write my latest published novel. Shouldn't take long. In late 2019, I went to Scotland. Before that, I had reached out to friends whom I intended to meet. One of them was a now former friend (for reasons I won't divulge). And on the day we met, the sky wasn't sunny. And she ended up teaching me the word "manky". That created a spark in my head. I loved the word so much that I had to build something around it. In the following days, "Manky Business" came to my head. All that was left was finding a plot. A few days later, I was waiting for a bus in Edinburgh, when I saw two people carrying a rolled rug. My imagination told me that there could be a story, here. There was something. Alas, I didn't have a pen or anything, at the time. A few months later, the moment of bliss. Confinement. I use bliss because I felt happy. I know that others might not have had the same luck. Human barbarism is despicable. So is domestic violence. (end rant) Confinement meant that my job was shut down. I was one of the non-essentials, apparently. So, what could I do? I wrote 200 pages in roughly 2.5 months. Then, I typed it all. And that's how a day in Glasgow, a rug and COVID helped me write my latest published work. Before I forget, I need to salute the work of the extraordinary cover designer whom is @catelynev! #CrimeFiction#WritersOfInstagram#IndieWriters#Mystery#Scotland#EdinburghAdded info: The cover depicts an important local landmark. What is the name of the street shown here? (and how do you pronounce it?) https://www.instagram.com/p/DPnBUA-Dczc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==