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“The Spice Bazaar” is a young woman named Nalini, who “tries to balance her dreams of romance with the traditional expectations from her family,” said Johnson. The novella is based in Washington, D.C. and Vienna, Va.
While some authors create detailed character sketches before staring to write a piece of fiction, Johnson thinks about the character as a person and proceeds from there.
“I walk around a lot. I walk in my garden, unless it’s snowing. Then I look out of the window at the mountains. I think a lot before I actually sit down (at the computer!,” she said.
This process is proving quite successful for Johnson.
Signet/Penguin Putnam Books is now awaiting the first few pages of Johnson’s new novel-in-progress, about American mother-and-daughter relationships.
Harlequin Temptations, who published Johnson’s first romantic novel titled, “The Better Man,” in 1997, awaits a second love story.
And Johnson’s new, New York City agent is presently seeking a publisher for a 400-page, serious “commercial fiction” book she wrote about cultural clashes that arise when an Indian family purchases a business, to the shock of a midwestem woman.
“I dream of writing one best seller,” laughed Johnson. “It’s kind of crass, but I don’t want 100 books sitting on my bookshelves. We don’t have the
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