It's Anna's Turn!

Guess what?

If you guessed that I didn’t bake anything for this week… you would be correct. That’s alright, I have Anna to talk about.

So, I consider pretty carefully before I make a choice on which point of view I use for a scene. Sometimes I end up rewriting part or the entirety of a scene in the opposite point of view. There was one scene I added late in Courting Scandal that I desperately wanted from Tom’s point of view. Obviously, it would have been a weird, off-putting choice, but I 100% wrote it from his point of view first. I still have that and it may make an appearance in his book, or it may never see the light of day.

When I started writing this book, I didn’t intend to write the entire novella from Augie’s perspective. Buuuutttttt, I do love an obsessed, besotted hero’s perspective. And so every time I sat down to write a scene it became a case of, just one more from Augie.

And that’s how the entire book ended up in Augie’s perspective. He’s a sweet, precious, snarky golden retriever who just wants to bask in Anna’s glow.

Let’s talk about Anna’s glow. In Courting Scandal, Anna was very much a side character. Her primary function was to fulfill maid duties and to be the object of Augie’s poetic ramblings. I wish I had more time to delve into her in that book, but there’s only so many characters you can explore in one book.

But now, you get to know her better! Unlike Juliet, Anna is quite self-assured and had one of the more functional childhoods for my characters. She discovered her passion early and is fortunate enough to be surrounded by those who support her. But she’s also a pragmatist, and until it becomes clear that it may actually happen, she prefers to keep her dreams realistic.

She’s also surrounded herself with two mischievous boys, and has to serve as the only voice of reason on occasion. Her mother gives her a great amount of freedom and responsibility, but she takes those quite seriously and manages them very maturely.

Anna is also very genuinely nice. I’ve started experimenting with less overtly kind characters in the novels I’m currently drafting and editing, but my first few deal primarily with genuinely nice people.

Augie loves her sweetness, talent, sense of humor, practicality, and beauty. Augie may jump in with both feet, but Anna is the kind of person who tests the water before diving in.

If, once you’ve read The Baker and the Bookmaker, you find yourself wishing for a few scenes from Anna’s perspective, you can check out the bonus scenes, here.

I hope you adore Anna as much as Augie does!

Next week may be an off week, I have a bachelorette trip! We’ll see on Sunday!

<3 Ally!