Blog Posts by Susan Egner
Inspirations, thoughts by Minnesota author and flight attendant
Amethysts are part of many legends from Greece and Italy, but also from South America where the largest and finest deposits are now being found
on the Uruguay/Brazil border. In case you didn’t know, amethyst geodes are hollow rocks with crystals inside, in this case, amethyst crystals. How amethyst
became purple is a lovely fable. Stay tuned.
Flight attendants have the wonderful experience to visit places they never would have chosen to visit on their own. As a ‘Senior’ flight attendant for Northwest’s regional
airline, Mesaba, later to become Endeavor for Delta, I had the pleasure of sightseeing in many unfamiliar places, and as a writer, searching for those unknown nuggets of
information that many tourists might miss. One such place was Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Since it’s a very small town, many of the other, usually younger,
flight attendants elected to stay in their room, watch movies, talk on the phone or just sleep. But I saw things differently. For me, it was a chance to explore and luckily find
some illusive fact that I had to include in my Casey Click mystery series. As an example, Thunder Bay is the amethyst capital of the world. Who Knew?
I have outlined 30 mysteries that I plan to write in the next years. It’s a long story and I won’t try to explain right now. However, it definitely keeps me away from my blog. I’m going to try to make time for my blog at least three times a week. Since a year ago May I have finished the first draft for five books, all mysteries. Some are in the Casey Click series, some in a new series I just started. Now for editing, re-formatting, expanding on some points and diminishing others. BETA reading is already complete on all five. Some obviously need some work, but I’m pleased with the completed research. What interesting doors open that you never anticipate when you start a project. At least for me.