An author's inspiration can come from most anything.
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Inspirational speaker Susan Major, left, tells a story at Creekside Books & Coffee in Skaneateles earlier this year. Major, who has cancer, will benefit from a raffle for a name in the next book by Skaneateles author Tim Green.
Inspirational speaker Susan Major, left, tells a story at Creekside Books & Coffee in Skaneateles earlier this year. Major, who has cancer, will benefit from a raffle for a name in the next book by Skaneateles author Tim Green.
A word, a sound, a picture, even a name heard in random conversation can serve as the inspiration for a whole novel.
That is what Kim Baker, owner of Bijou Hair Care, discovered from one of her clients.
Baker said that one day while speaking with Skaneateles author Tim Green, she asked him how he thought of things for his books, especially names.
Baker said that Green answered that names came from everywhere, just names that he heard in his day to day life found their way into his work.
Baker mentioned her own son's name, Chase Corcoran, and Green latched onto it.
“He said I caught him at the right time,” Baker recalls. “And my son's name made its way into his next book and he was a champion baseball player. Honestly, I had forgotten all about it until he told me the next time he came in.”
This served as another kind of inspiration.
Baker said that Bijou regularly does what it can to help raise funds for the fight against cancer, and like many in the Skaneateles community, Baker wanted to do something to help Susan Major with her battle against the disease.
“I thought about what Tim told me,” Baker said. “I thought about doing a raffle to help Susan Major, and then I thought about what if we raffled off a name in Tim's next book.”
The timing proved to be fortuitous.
Baker said when she brought the idea up to Green and his wife, Illyssa, it turned out Green was working on his next book and was looking for a name.
Bijou and Creekside Books & Coffee sold nearly 100 tickets for the opportunity to have the winner's name appear in Green's next novel.
“We wanted to do something to help,” Illyssa said. “It just worked out perfectly. That is the kind of town this is, when somebody needs something everybody does what they can to help others in need. We really hope that this helps Susan, and Tim was very glad to do this.”
The winning ticket was recently drawn by Major's son and the winning name was Skaneateles resident Griffin Lengyel.
Lengyel's mother, Karen, said that her family is relatively new to Skaneateles, but wanted to do their part to help Major. But it was random that she entered her son's name in the drawing.
“He really loves his books,” Karen said. “It was just by chance that I entered his name in one day.”
Griffin said that he has read Green's past two books and had the chance to listen to Green speak at his school recently.
Griffin said that he really enjoys Green's work, but he never dreamed that he would one day be part of it.
“I'm very excited,” Griffin said. “I didn't even know my mom entered me in the contest. I was very surprised, and I'm very excited to be in his new novel. I think his books are really great.”
That is what Kim Baker, owner of Bijou Hair Care, discovered from one of her clients.
Baker said that one day while speaking with Skaneateles author Tim Green, she asked him how he thought of things for his books, especially names.
Baker said that Green answered that names came from everywhere, just names that he heard in his day to day life found their way into his work.
Baker mentioned her own son's name, Chase Corcoran, and Green latched onto it.
“He said I caught him at the right time,” Baker recalls. “And my son's name made its way into his next book and he was a champion baseball player. Honestly, I had forgotten all about it until he told me the next time he came in.”
This served as another kind of inspiration.
Baker said that Bijou regularly does what it can to help raise funds for the fight against cancer, and like many in the Skaneateles community, Baker wanted to do something to help Susan Major with her battle against the disease.
“I thought about what Tim told me,” Baker said. “I thought about doing a raffle to help Susan Major, and then I thought about what if we raffled off a name in Tim's next book.”
The timing proved to be fortuitous.
Baker said when she brought the idea up to Green and his wife, Illyssa, it turned out Green was working on his next book and was looking for a name.
Bijou and Creekside Books & Coffee sold nearly 100 tickets for the opportunity to have the winner's name appear in Green's next novel.
“We wanted to do something to help,” Illyssa said. “It just worked out perfectly. That is the kind of town this is, when somebody needs something everybody does what they can to help others in need. We really hope that this helps Susan, and Tim was very glad to do this.”
The winning ticket was recently drawn by Major's son and the winning name was Skaneateles resident Griffin Lengyel.
Lengyel's mother, Karen, said that her family is relatively new to Skaneateles, but wanted to do their part to help Major. But it was random that she entered her son's name in the drawing.
“He really loves his books,” Karen said. “It was just by chance that I entered his name in one day.”
Griffin said that he has read Green's past two books and had the chance to listen to Green speak at his school recently.
Griffin said that he really enjoys Green's work, but he never dreamed that he would one day be part of it.
“I'm very excited,” Griffin said. “I didn't even know my mom entered me in the contest. I was very surprised, and I'm very excited to be in his new novel. I think his books are really great.”
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