Interview with Kathleen Bailey, Author of Silence Says the Most

What’s the story behind the story? What impressed you to write down Silence Says the Most: An Olivia Penn Mystery?

The inspiration got here from my expertise of working with youngsters on the autism spectrum as a pediatric bodily therapist. I usually handled youngsters who had expressive and receptive language impairments. Though many on the autism spectrum might not use verbal language to speak, they usually categorical themselves via different means.

One of the principal characters in Silence Says the Most is a boy on the autism spectrum who doesn’t communicate. He witnesses against the law after which attracts an image of what he has seen, implicating Olivia as the key to fixing the homicide. It’s as much as Olivia to make sense of his drawing, as a result of in his silence, he holds the key to the thriller.

If you needed to choose theme songs for the principal characters of Silence Says the Most: An Olivia Penn Mystery, what would they be?

For Olivia Penn, “Heart of a Hero” by Cathy Heller. For the antagonist, “Trouble so Hard” by Amythyst Kiah & Her Chest of Glass. For Mikey, a boy on the autism spectrum, “Colors” by Black Pumas.

What’s your favourite style to learn? Is it the identical as your favourite style to write down?

I don’t have an absolute favourite, however I lean towards mysteries, particularly cozies. I get pleasure from romance, magical realism, paranormal ladies’s fiction, and plenty of diverse non-fiction.

What books are in your TBR pile proper now?

Anam Cara by John O’ Donohue, and The Magpie Key by Sarah Painter.

What scene in your e book was your favourite to write down?

The climax. It’s the first scene that got here to me. It’s a second when Olivia doesn’t have time to suppose, and she or he should solely react and do the unthinkable to save lots of her life.

Do you’ve got any quirky writing habits? (fortunate mugs, cats on laps, and so forth.)

I don’t have any quirky writing habits, however my kitten has a unusual behavior after I begin my workday. As quickly as I open my laptop computer, she trots into the nook of my room after which gained’t cease meowing till I come over and dedicate all my consideration to her.

Do you’ve got a motto, quote, or philosophy you reside by?

“The past is finished. Learn from it and let it go. The future is not even here yet. Plan for it, but do not waste your time worrying about it. Worrying is worthless. When you stop ruminating about what has already happened, when you stop worrying about what might never happen, then you will be in the present moment. Then you will begin to experience joy in life.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

If you would select one factor for readers to recollect after studying your e book, what wouldn’t it be?

You can’t dismiss what others are attempting to speak simply because they categorical themselves in another way than you do.