tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post2595815383919634082..comments2024-03-28T16:10:19.842-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Celebrating a New Aimee Leduc with Cara BlackJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47189440281632014462023-03-16T18:01:32.597-04:002023-03-16T18:01:32.597-04:00Cara, I just got your most recent book, I have rea...Cara, I just got your most recent book, I have read all before this.<br />I lived in Paris off and on taking art courses and fashion design. Your books really touched me as I'm sure they would, being able to imagine Aimee in all her antics! I just sent all those books to a good friend in Colorado. Please don't stop writing these wonderful books!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35201467754118703652022-03-31T07:35:57.112-04:002022-03-31T07:35:57.112-04:00Cara, I was so happy to discover your series: so i...Cara, I was so happy to discover your series: so intense and authentic. Personally, I'm thrilled that you have written so many books in this series. Professionally, I'm awed!Becky Sue Epsteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24096252761969250842022-03-30T18:03:09.668-04:002022-03-30T18:03:09.668-04:00Thrilling!!! I love this series so much. Congratul...Thrilling!!! I love this series so much. Congratulations, Cara, on what I'm sure is another fabulous mystery.Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78900656556866436362022-03-30T12:41:50.389-04:002022-03-30T12:41:50.389-04:00Yes. I had planned to go to Albuquerque, but this ...Yes. I had planned to go to Albuquerque, but this winter every time I thought about it, I got anxious, so I canceled, despite how much I LOVE New Mexico. Next time!Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-44587550879812776722022-03-30T12:38:45.730-04:002022-03-30T12:38:45.730-04:00Cheers Julia! I would so love to sit in a cafe wit...Cheers Julia! I would so love to sit in a cafe with you in Paris. How fun would that be?<br />I think all the Reds need to have a girlfriend trip to the City of Light, non? Thanks for the kind words - I never knew I was writing a series when I started. THREE HOURS IN PARIS was a leap of faith to write, it took me out of my comfort zone and Rhys was a big supporter saying try it! So glad I did and thank you again - ALL you Reds - for inviting me here!Cara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36154254643098232972022-03-30T12:23:08.201-04:002022-03-30T12:23:08.201-04:00This is amazing, you two - I can imagine I'm s...This is amazing, you two - I can imagine I'm sitting in a cafe, enjoying a chocolat chaud and a tartine while listening to you talk. Cara, I'm delighted to see another Aimée Leduc book and and VERY excited to see you have a follow up to THREE HOURS IN PARIS, which was a stunning read.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33278214872181560662022-03-30T10:59:48.496-04:002022-03-30T10:59:48.496-04:00Understand, Edith! Many of my writer friends from ...Understand, Edith! Many of my writer friends from here are going to Left Coast - and it's a worry still about the plane, wearing masks or not in the LCC hotel etc. It's tough. I hope you get to Puerto Rico before too long. Cara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49143338890563575142022-03-30T10:46:01.203-04:002022-03-30T10:46:01.203-04:00I'm late commenting, and even later keeping up...I'm late commenting, and even later keeping up with your series, Cara. I have been to Paris a few times, but not for years. Must rememy that - and bring one of your books with me! <br /><br />I wouldn't have been so brave to venture there in 2020, though. Even now I hesitate to get on an airplane, although I'm overdue for a visit to my son in Puerto Rico. Soon!Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59915823818547334772022-03-30T10:43:44.875-04:002022-03-30T10:43:44.875-04:00He sounds like a treasure!He sounds like a treasure!Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-67599903321894987432022-03-30T10:03:07.348-04:002022-03-30T10:03:07.348-04:00Hey Debs! Thanks and I'm eagerly awaiting your...Hey Debs! Thanks and I'm eagerly awaiting your next!!! When, please? My police contacts stem and have branched out from the first contact I ever made in Paris - a Commissaire who ran the Princess Diana case. At the time I wasn't published and was below amateur status but he was the designated contact for screenwriters and writers who talked to the police. Somehow he agreed to meet me and was so helpful. He'd meet me for a coffee after that and insisted - when I luckily got published - that I get the details RIGHT! He even let me run plot ideas by him and his input made my work so much better. He passed away during the pandemic and was one of a kind!Cara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22521696006698674222022-03-30T09:57:16.290-04:002022-03-30T09:57:16.290-04:00Thanks, Karen! Before the pandemic I went twice a ...Thanks, Karen! Before the pandemic I went twice a year usually. I'm so lucky because my friend lives in Paris and I can sleep on her couch. Years ago, I lived in Switzerland in Basel and we went to France a lot. But it's important to 'walk the ground' so to speak and really feel the place, breathe the air and capture the smells so it comes out on the page. Cara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24641724035264625012022-03-30T09:54:18.998-04:002022-03-30T09:54:18.998-04:00Liz, I'm with you on that - have a few new add...Liz, I'm with you on that - have a few new addresses I'm going to check out in April. the good thing is you do so much walking in Paris it burns those calories!Cara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57784445173709757492022-03-30T09:52:56.483-04:002022-03-30T09:52:56.483-04:00Dear Hallie, I miss seeing you! Hope you will hit ...Dear Hallie, I miss seeing you! Hope you will hit the West Coast in the not too distant future! Fashion wise I think it's about how the French put the look together with a few 'good' or quality pieces and that's a skill. So my archaic school French is not what is spoken on the Paris streets today...I get some pointers from the flics who teach me slang.<br />Cara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88862841446806410442022-03-30T09:51:55.312-04:002022-03-30T09:51:55.312-04:00Hi Cara!! Always such a treat to see you here! And...Hi Cara!! Always such a treat to see you here! And a new Aimee!! I can't wait! I am wondering how you made your police contacts in Paris. It must be great to get the inside scoop!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-23758880775990938862022-03-30T09:50:28.209-04:002022-03-30T09:50:28.209-04:00Judy, thanks and I always need help in patisserie ...Judy, thanks and I always need help in patisserie research :)<br />I went to a French Catholic school and learned a form of French not used today - it was archaic. My father was a Francophile and I grew up in a Frenchy atmosphere but we are not French and I come from solid midwest mongrel stock.Cara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8097925567424916672022-03-30T09:47:46.586-04:002022-03-30T09:47:46.586-04:00So true, Grace I am very afraid of heights. I conf...So true, Grace I am very afraid of heights. I confess here to you all and the Reds that I stretch the truth in Paris and use my wits to get into a building or up on the roof.Cara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72052802200499187782022-03-30T09:45:52.309-04:002022-03-30T09:45:52.309-04:00Thank you Joan! All of them are special and of cou...Thank you Joan! All of them are special and of course, love the latest. It's different because I wrote it during the pandemic.Cara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54967010836459212872022-03-30T09:28:24.145-04:002022-03-30T09:28:24.145-04:00Twenty books! That is an achievement, Cara, to tak...Twenty books! That is an achievement, Cara, to take a set of characters through that much of life. I am in awe of all authors who have done that. And Aimee is such a compelling and complicated character. I am woefully behind on the series, though. <br /><br />How much of your life has been lived in Paris? Did you stay there for short visits, or have you ever actually taken a residence for an extended period? Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33312193020347981042022-03-30T08:08:07.619-04:002022-03-30T08:08:07.619-04:00Congratulations on the new book, Cara! If I manage...Congratulations on the new book, Cara! If I managed to get to Paris, I don't think I would get beyond the patisseries.Liz Millironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919409969263609919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86109470280008480422022-03-30T08:03:49.260-04:002022-03-30T08:03:49.260-04:00Absolutely fascinating! Yes, what IS IT about that...Absolutely fascinating! Yes, what IS IT about that Parisian fashion sense that makes the rest of us feel so dorky by contrast? And wondering how you learned to speak (and understand) French so well. Congratulations on the new book, dear Cara! Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6406067893603347712022-03-30T07:45:35.561-04:002022-03-30T07:45:35.561-04:00Cara, welcome to JRW and congratulations on the re...Cara, welcome to JRW and congratulations on the release of your 20th Aimee Leduc! Thank you for sharing your research methods. I think lots of us would like to help with the exploration of different arrondissements and especially the patisseries.<br /><br />Please tell us about your personal connection to Paris and how you chose to place your stories there.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128026892155650398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61971910188202338822022-03-30T05:49:49.771-04:002022-03-30T05:49:49.771-04:00CARA: Welcome back to JRW and congratulations on t...CARA: Welcome back to JRW and congratulations on the latest Aimee book. I have been a fan since reading Murder in the Marais. Yes, I am one of the readers who swoon in envy as I picture you explore an arrondissement for your book. Stopping by a patisserie, cheese shop and cafe are definite perks of the job! Thanks for allowing me to virtually visit so many different parts of Paris in your books.<br /><br />I know you're not Aimee... so how do you write those rooftop or other tricky escape scenes if you're afraid of heights? Have you ever had troubling entering a building to do your research?Grace Koshidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934603958949938617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31938741713644870912022-03-30T04:17:23.481-04:002022-03-30T04:17:23.481-04:00Congratulations on your newest book, Cara . . . tw...Congratulations on your newest book, Cara . . . twenty amazing, wonderful stories that bring Aimée and Paris to life for the reader. I’m wondering if, of all of those stories, do you have a favorite? Joan Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810313925049108163noreply@blogger.com