Pierre is going to share the news bout his terrific latest story.
The raves and reviews are rolling in and we are most fortunate to have Pierre back with the Scribbler.
He’s been one of our most popular guests and if you
missed the last post, go HERE.
Read on my friends.
The youngest of eleven children, Pierre C. Arseneault grew up in the
small town of Rogersville, New Brunswick, Canada. As a cartoonist, Pierre was
published in over a dozen newspapers. As an author, he has written solo and in
collaboration. Pierre currently lives in the outskirts of his hometown again,
near Rogersville in New Brunswick, Canada.
Title: Something
Happened in Carlton
Synopsis:
People used to say that nothing ever happened in Carlton, but there is a lot going on in this small town, and Police Chief Clovis McPhee is in the middle of it all even as he struggles to let go of the life he worked so hard to have. Neighbors Garth Blackett and 93-year-old Eli Woodman's feud over garbage threatens to become more than a war of words as Garth runs into the reality that he's not as great as he thinks he is. Raylene McPhee is doing anything and everything she can to support the man she has loved her entire life, but at what price? Mayor Jack Ledger is furious that the elderly Ms. Musgrave has erected a huge Christmas display in her yard in July, and nobody but him seems to care how this will affect his reputation. Officer Libby Terwilliger must let go of the man who has been like a father if she's ever to step into his shoes while Bonnie Campbell desperately tries to keep the Carlton Gazette from failing before its time. The seemingly mundane and random events of this small town coalesce as something happened in Carlton.
The
Story Behind the Story:
This origins of
this novel began way back in 2010 when I started putting serious thought into
writing fiction. Flashforward a few years and I’m writing in collaboration with
a friend and also writing solo as well. My first attempt at writing fiction is
the same advice I would give any novice looking to try his hand at fiction.
Start with short stories, which is what I did. Much of my early works ended up
in a short story collection called Sleepless Nights, published in 2014. The
last story I wrote for that book was a novella called Nothing Ever Happens in
Carlton. This is the third story in this collection that is set in Carlton.
However, the cast of said novella was the inspiration to go back to Carlton to
visit with them again and expand on their stories. And so, I did just that. I
went back to Carlton and before I knew it, Chief Clovis McPhee was standing in
a backwoods driveway, staring at a mountain of garbage, while contemplating how
to deal with the man who’d called in what would turn out to be the escalation
to a feud between neighbors. A while later, I had written what turned out to be
my very first dramatic novel.
A question before you go, Pierre:
Scribbler: Where is your favourite spot to write? Are you messy or neat? Your beverage of choice?
Pierre: Right now, I have a desk set up in a back room away from the hustle and bustle of home. It’s the best place I have at the moment to help me focus. However, clutter is my enemy and so I have to keep it as neat as I can. Right now, there is a stack of papers in a corner that are the notes (which I often ignore) for my latest crime thriller novel. It’s going well considering that I know how I want to end the book and have a plan. But the hard part is that I still need to write it.
As for beverage of choice? Coffee tops the list but only when writing during the day. At night, I prefer the ultimate decaf called water. It’s a common misconception that a writer must also be an alcoholic. That is more of a story trope than anything else.
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