The Write Spot: Cathy Ace
Cathy Ace
was born and raised in Swansea, South Wales, and worked in marketing
communications for decades across Europe. Having migrated to Canada in 2000,
she now lives in beautiful British Columbia, where her ever-supportive husband
(and two chocolate Labradors) ensure she’s able to write full-time.
Bestselling
author Ace writes two series of mystery books: the Cait Morgan Mysteries, and
the WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries. Her fourth Cait Morgan Mystery, The Corpse with the Platinum Hair, won
the 2015 Bony Blithe Award for Best Canadian Light Mystery.
Welcome, Cathy Ace, to the twentieth
edition of The Write Spot, a bi-weekly author series spotlighting the many and
varied places where writers write.
I must start by saying I thoroughly
enjoyed The Corpse With the Garnet Face
– five stars! With smart mysteries and interesting locations, this series gets
better with every instalment. Protagonist
Cait Morgan is one of those book people I'd love to meet in real life. She's a
middle-aged, Welsh-Canadian criminologist, a 'woman of size' with a brilliant
mind who struggles a bit to cope in social situations. She's strong, capable,
and opinionated but underneath, just wants to be liked. I think we'd get along
famously and I'm delighted to host her creator here on the blog.
Cathy, please tell us a bit about
your Write Spot.
My study is
the place where I feel most calm. It's painted in a soothing aqua colour (walls
and ceiling) with all black furnishings and even a black carpet - it makes me
feel almost as though I'm in a pool of tranquility. It also offers super views
of the garden and a lot of desk space so I can spread out my research notes and
all the other bits and pieces I accumulate when I'm in "prep" phase.
As for the
back deck - well, the views are spectacular, and I enjoy being outside in the
fresh air, while having the awning to protect me from either too much sun or
the rain.
Other than your computer or laptop,
what's the one thing you couldn't be without in your Write Spot?
Honestly -
my dogs...two chocolate Labs named Poppy and Gabby. Even when they are fast
asleep, their snoring (yes, snoring!) keeps me company. I enjoy the sense of
companionship, and I'm able to take them for a walk when I need to stop,
stretch, walk and think.
Poppy and Gabby are lovely girls! How
nice to have faithful companions at you side while you write. What are you
working on now?
I'm in an
editing phase on two books: Cait Morgan Mystery #8 The Corpse With the Ruby Lips (due out in November 2016) and The
WISE Enquiries Agency Mystery #3 The Case
of the Baffled Bookseller (hopefully due also in fall 2016). As soon as
they are off for more editing with their respective editors I have some secret
plans afoot!
I'm looking forward to both! Where
can readers find out more about you and your books?
Visit me at
my website, cathyace.com or connect on social media:
The Corpse With the Garnet Face, book seven in the Cait Morgan series, finds the eccentric Welsh criminologist-sleuth
accompanying her husband Bud to Amsterdam to try to unravel a puzzling
situation.
To Bud’s
surprise, he discovers he has a long-lost uncle, Jonas, who’s met an untimely
death. Bud's mother assures him Jonas was a bad child, but, from beyond the
grave, Uncle Jonas begs his nephew to visit the city he adopted as his home to
delve into the life he built for himself there, founded on his passion for art.
With an old
iron key as their only clue, Cait and Bud travel to Amsterdam to solve the
cryptic message left by Jonas—and to honor the final wishes of a long-lost
relative.
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I've always been fascinated by what goes on behind the scenes. Whether it's backstage photos from my favourite play, a peek into the kitchen where a chef is working her culinary magic, or simply a glimpse through an uncurtained window into a stranger's private world, there's an undeniable thrill of discovery, a sense of secrets shared. It's no surprise, then, that I'm immensely curious about where other writers do their work. I've blogged about it before in this post about my own 'write spot' and so enjoyed the comments, I was inspired to launch a regular feature here at stillpoint. Watch for The Write Spot every other Wednesday and join me as I discover the many and varied places where writers write.
I've always been fascinated by what goes on behind the scenes. Whether it's backstage photos from my favourite play, a peek into the kitchen where a chef is working her culinary magic, or simply a glimpse through an uncurtained window into a stranger's private world, there's an undeniable thrill of discovery, a sense of secrets shared. It's no surprise, then, that I'm immensely curious about where other writers do their work. I've blogged about it before in this post about my own 'write spot' and so enjoyed the comments, I was inspired to launch a regular feature here at stillpoint. Watch for The Write Spot every other Wednesday and join me as I discover the many and varied places where writers write.
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8 Comments:
Another interesting post, Cheryl. Like you, I love having a glimpse into what goes on behind the scenes. Cathy's dogs complete and picture. Love their names too. Thanks for bringing this to us.
Hi Cathy, Love the aqua and black decorating scheme! And the dogs are adorable. Your books sound intriguing. :)
I really like your office. Black carpet would be great in my house as the Schipperke hair would blend right in. I am afraid, though, that I wouldn't be able to find them on it.
Thanks Sandy - we used to have Howie and Winnie too...but Poppy & Gabby are still with us, so that's good :-)
Thanks Joanne - I adore that aqua colour (I used to live in a true art deco block of flats in London, UK, and that was the colour of the bathroom suite....yes, I painted the entire rest of the room black!)
Thanks Marlene - I like it too! To be honest, it's a bit of a nightmare to keep the black carpet "clean" with two brown dogs, but I don't mind... at least I can spot them on it. I've always wanted a room with black carpet and now I have it. The carpet fitter was bemused ;-)
What great spaces, but the dogs - what gorgeous babies. Gotta have the dogs hanging around when I'm working. Nothing like the sound of a basset hound snoring for amusement and relaxation.
I am halfway through your Cait Morgan series and I cannot get enough Cathy. They are so well written. I am looking forward to reading your other series now too. You have created a wonderful character in Cait. I love that you need your dogs with you as I do Jay, my cat. They just bring a sense of calm that helps us. You also have lots of desk space and I envy that. good luck moving forward.
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