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“I'm answering questions about my Franki Amato and Danger Cove Hair Salon series during Mystery Week and as often as I can thereafter. So, shoot!” Traci Andrighetti

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Hi Traci, When is the Limoncello Yellow movie coming out? You mentioned it's a tv movie, I also want to know if it's going to be available in Canada? Thanks!
Traci Andrighetti Hi Michelle, I'm so sorry I didn't see this earlier. Limoncello Yellow has been optioned for a screenplay, but it could take years before the movie happens. Fingers crossed that someone picks it up soon!
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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?
Traci Andrighetti I would go to Commissario Salvo Montalbano's town of Vigata in Sicily and help him solve crimes.
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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?
Traci Andrighetti The mystery of how I went from teaching Italian to writing books!
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Traci Andrighetti I just start writing ideas until I find one that works. But if you don't write something, you might not get over the hump.
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
Traci Andrighetti The finished product is my favorite part. I like seeing the covers of the books I've written. It's really fun.
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Traci Andrighetti Outline a book—at least your first one. After you have it mapped out, you have no excuse not to write it. And don't waste time trying to make it perfect. A good editor will help you fix any problems, so just turn it in and wait to see what the expert tells you to do.
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Traci Andrighetti AMARETTO AMBER, which is the third Franki Amato mystery, is about a murder at a New Orleans strip club. I got the idea for the book when I had to use the restroom in a Bourbon Street strip club one morning before it opened. The bathroom turned out to be the girls' dressing room, and the toilet was right out in the open (no stall!). I watched in fascination as nude and half-dressed women attacked a bucket of friend chicken that a male employee brought in. And I decided to write a book based on that scene.
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How do you get inspired to write?
Traci Andrighetti I put on a red, white, and green Mardi Gras bead necklace that says "I (heart) Italians." LOL
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What are you currently working on?
Traci Andrighetti FRAGOLINO FUCHSIA, a short story featuring Franki Amato. Franki is investigating the disappearance of her office research assistant, David Savoie, and his friend "the vassal" during a spring break trip in Rome.

I'm having a blast writing about Italy, and I'm using this story to debut new characters for as many as two future series.
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