Pretend you’re something you’re not and hope for the best. After all, the lie only has to last a few days. Making Up for Lost Time started with this basic premise of a screwball comedy, with inspiration from the hilarious Christmas in Connecticut, starring Barbara Stanwyck.
Trivia – Making Up for Lost Time
Making Up for Lost Time was named more for a life situation (Karin’s) than as a metaphor. It remains the novel written in the shortest time span. And the metaphor worked out anyway.
Trivia – Who’s the Smarta$$?
Karin’s favorite sarcastic-inside-voice heroine is Leslie from Embrace in Motion. Marian the Librarian (One Degree of Separation) thinks that’s a load of crapspackle but would never say so out loud.
Trivia – Women Who Know Who They Are
Admiration for strong women in history was one of the reasons Faith Fitzgerald in Wild Things is a history prof and biography writer. Plus that’s what she explained were her studies, so it’s not like Karin had a real choice in the matter.
Trivia – Wild Things
Faith Fitzgerald (Wild Things) is the one character who talks in complete paragraphs. Whenever she has a story to relate, she takes over the typing. It’s simply more efficient.