There’s a special closeness involved in “small town” books. When I set out to write LUCKY BREAK, I knew I wanted to write about a small town—but with big people. What I mean by that is characters you’re able to get close to. Characters who are full of personality and easy to relate to. First, I needed the perfect town. I thought and thought and nothing came to me. That’s when Sidney popped into my head. No, she wasn’t the town I needed, but I loved her character right off the bat. What’s more fun than a down-on-her-luck actress…wait…luck? Hmm, that was something to work with. I played around with the word “luck,” but nothing jumped out at me and said, “I’M YOUR TOWN!” What ways could I tie luck into it? Oh! Shamrocks are cool. I like them (I secretly want a shamrock tattoo). From there I played around with shamrock until Shamrock Falls was born and I KNEW that was my town. You see, I grew up in a small town. I became best friends with a great boy in our small town high school, and we fell in love. I wanted to recreate some of that in…