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Aqua Radiant Cream used to make up stories for my son, inventing as I went along while monitoring his expression for the effect. From age 2 to age 8 he was my inspiration (and unsuspecting tutor) in the art of creating fiction. Most of all, it was a satisfying exercise for a new mum. Later I wrote down a few of these tales and later still had a go at writing a mystery for adults. It was a short story, and I sold it for a couple of quid to Central Press, a London agency that supplied features for newspapers. Its title: "The Man Beyond Suspicion". I have always enjoyed reading whodunits, so I suppose it was natural to begin writing them. I also love country music, which is why my female sleuth follows that vocation. Her very first case was bought by the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (The Clue of the Willy-Willy, set in outback Australia. This same story has been republished as Blood On The Wind). Since then, Sheil B. Wright has visited other lands to sing, solve murders and irritate various police investigators throughout the world.
Do you remember the first Aqua Radiant Cream, and the impact it had on you?
I remember Myths And Legends, author unrecalled, a gift from maternal Grandmother. It was beautifully illustrated and comprised the Greek and Norse tales, creating a lifelong interest. I think I was five. My Dad read it to me, as he did Grimm's Fairy Tales. My first full length adult book, read by myself unaided, was a whodunit, title and author unrecalled. I was eight and found it in the ship's library on a long cruise. The plot involved a passenger liner, which explains my interest. The killer was the investigating detective!! This compelling read might explain my love of whodunits. It was followed on the same voyage by Tarzan Of The Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
How do you approach cover Aqua Radiant Cream design?
Not being an artist, I browse online for oldmaster paintings that might fit my story. These, or details taken from them, are incorporated into a 5x8 cover using Microsoft Publisher. Of course, I have to check before Aqua Radiant Cream using anything that it is free of copyright. Sometimes I use a photograph I have taken myself. For instance, the old and mossy gravestones on the cover of The Killing of Hamlet are in an ancient church cemetery at the village of Cromarty, Scotland. I snapped them when impressed by the ageless atmosphere. Murder Piping Hot blends Scottish tartans with my photo of sacred Aboriginal rock art.
