Inspiration

Overview: Henrietta Clarke is a quirky Yorkshire lass who had the misfortune to discover the path she was actually meant to take in life three days into an intensive postgraduate course. Now free from the hell of law study, she divides her time between working as a lunchtime supervisor in a primary school, training as a fiction editor, and writing her own stories. A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2012 Advent Calendar collection (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16494784.Evergreen) Evergreen . When Nolan's mother needs major surgery, he returns to America to spend a few months caring for her. Unfortunately, that means spending Christmas without his temperamental partner, Benji, an author who prefers to stay home in Scotland, where his muse never lets him down. But before leaving, Nolan prepares a rather unusual Advent calendar for Benji. As Benji unlocks each little gift, he realizes that its hard to be creative, even in Scotland, when his heart has jumped the pond and taken his inspiration with it. When Nolan's mother needs major surgery, he returns to America to spend a few months caring for her. Unfortunately, that means spending Christmas without his temperamental partner, Benji, an author who prefers to stay home in Scotland, where his muse never lets him down. But before leaving, Nolan prepares a rather unusual Advent calendar for Benji. As Benji unlocks each little gift, he realizes that it{u2019}s hard to be creative, even in Scotland, when his heart has jumped the pond and taken his inspiration with it