Hello everyone! 🙂
It’s been a while since I did a Q&A post here (sorry about that). Many of you were intrigued by the idea of a reverse Q&A, where I ask you things I’m curious about. So after tackling a few of your questions, I’ll ask you some of my own!
1) Will the Predzels be in any future books?
I’m not sure yet. I haven’t planned to include them, but they may appear in a future story if they could help the main characters.
2) Did Sigurd get Gleym back?
Yes, definitely. 🙂 I love the fact that you remembered to ask about her!
3) Do we know what happened to Jigson’s parents?
Oh, I can’t wait for you to read Hunting in the Highlands! The answer is yes!
4) How much of the Hrein Orka in Iceland Intrigue is based on real science, and how much is fiction?
It’s mainly fiction … but who knows? Maybe there are principles of it that someone has yet to discover 😉
5) What is the significance of ‘Twelve Lemons’?
It’s a phrase with quite a personal meaning for Jigson and Detective Mortimer – otherwise it wouldn’t have guaranteed Jigson’s identity in Iceland Intrigue.
Is it part of a big mystery? Or is it something more innocuous? Will they spill the beans in Book 8? … Maybe!
6) When you wrote Hunting the Highlands did you plan out the whole book before you started writing?
Yes. I did make a careful plan so that the book would progress with logical structure and so I would know where the story was going – it had the potential to be quite confusing with characters splitting up and traipsing all over Scotland.
But the need to be flexible arose when I reached the end and realized that the climax was not right for the story … so a whole new ending had to be written!
Do you have burning questions for a future post? Send them via the contact page!
Now … here are my questions for you! 🙂
1. Who are your top 2 favourite male characters?
2. Who are your top 2 female characters?
3. Who is your favourite villain? (Miss Verton, Lewis Nickel, Bud Larone, Rolf/escaped convicts, Dainn, Herr Klaus, or someone else?)
4. Which is your favourite title in the series, and why?
5. Should one of the characters be in a relationship/courtship? Who and why? (I’m not promising anything by asking this 😉 I’m genuinely curious! 🙂 )
I look forward to finding out what you think! 🙂
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Favorite Jigson quote? That’s a hard one…I like when he said something like this…
“If you let everyone go, Haelix will turn himself in.”
“I have a feeling you’re Haelix, and you’re coming anyways.”
“Are you willing to take that risk?”
“I think so.”
“Run Haelix!” … “I think that risk just backfired.”
I don’t have my copy of Hunting at the moment so if anyone knows how this scene really goes, please let me know.
I love those quotes!
It goes “You can tell your ceannard that Haelix himself will come if the others are allowed to go free.” “That name means nothing to me.” “I don’t know this person.” “Phone Lachlan.” “Find out if this deal is of interest to him.” “No. I’m not going to bother him.” “Why not?” “Because I think your Haelix aren’t you? And you’re coming anyways.” ” you sound very sure.” “I’ll take the risk.” ………. “Haelix, run!”
“Maybe that risk backfired?”
That scene is awesome! It’s funny afterwards when Lachlan finds out that Tristan let “Haelix” go!
Thanks Jac! Almost all my books are loaned out at the moment.
I think I have all of your first four books, Jubilee….
Ha ha!
Yes Isabelle, you do. You can keep them as long as you want, but it’s difficult looking up quotes without them 😕
I know right?
13 to go! Now 12!
Well…
I think…
We are at 900!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No way! Everyone, you only have a hundred comments left to squeeze in your thoughts, so use your comments intelligently! 😉
If everyone could have 1 question answered besides the killer 12 lemons question😉 what would it be?
And I have one other question to everyone to add to Jac’s. If everyone had one thing they wished could be different in the BFA’s what would it be?
The Bakers need a dog and Miss Verton should become good.
More adventures in America.
What is Jigson’s life story? 😛
Yes!!! That is even more agonizing than the whole “Twelve Lemons” thing!
Why was Jigson not in book 3 and why did Abby question if Jigson was really him?
For me, if I had a question it would be, Who is Goothunduer? (how do you spell his name?)
And if I had one thing I wish was different, It would be that I wished that DM used a more sophisticated code or no code at all in Peril on Providence Island than aigy paigy. Wasn’t as professional.
But really, that’s the only thing in all the books I wish was different!
you spell it Guomundur
Thanks:)
Mine would be to know what the connection between Riddleof the Ruby Ring and the rest of the books are
I agree that I want to know more about what Jigson’s life story is but I also want there to always be an air of mystery to him
Yes it’s not really connected to he rest. Even the writing style is a little different in that one. But it’s a really good story.
Yah
When it comes to Peirl on Providence Island I wonder if maybe DM was purposely being a little unprofessional so that the thugs would hack his email so that they could follow the thugs to the treasure and get the thugs at the same time.
I never thought of it like that!
I hadn’t either until I recalled the mrs. Baker asked How likely to be they would find a treasure and he said and it wasn’t extremely likely but that they would definitely find the thugs at the baker’s looking for the treasure and that would be extremely helpful
Sorry, for the lack of proper grammar my five month old sister is helping me by running her fingers all over the keyboard and grabbing things LOL.
Ha! Yes I’ve got a two year old sister who loves the computer!
I have a 7-month-old brother who is extremely helpful on those issues!
I agree with Isabelle
I wonder why almost the criminals in the books seem to know about him. Remember, VCJH was his first post. So what did he do between books to make him so popular? In four years….
“isn’t that every spy’s mission? To catch Jigson?”
Treacherous Trail
I know
That’s always bothered me too.
I honestly can’t think of anything to change LOL
Yes:)
we need 75 more!
And then we better quite before Miss Hedgecock has to forcibly close this post! LOL!!!
*quit
Yeah LOL!
I’ve always wondered what you thought but the last day or two I’ve seriously wondered what she thinks when she reads our comments LOL. But I bet she gets in several good laughs!😉
We can stop when we get to 1000, then we can move on to another post!
There you go.😄
Quite!!!
Quite a good many.
here’s a scene that I have always found interesting.
When Guomundur saw Dr. Roth properly, his eyes bulged. “Doctor Roth.”
Dr. Roth considered the tone of insult and slipped his hands in his pockets. “Gummi.” “Do-not-call me that. I have a crooked finger because of you,” Guoumundur burst out.
“You have a finger because of me.”
I wonder what dr Roth did? not long to a thousand. Then we will have to move on to another post. LOL!
I’ve been wondering the same thing. Why do Gummi and Dr. Roth have a feud?
Not sure but I have a hunch it has something to do with Jigson.
Yeah, probably LOL
post your favorite bible verse that has been used in the baker books.
Mine is, Psalm 91:7-8, a THOUSAND may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look and see the reward of the wicked. – Prisoner in the Pyrenees
That’s hard! All those verses are good! As an aside, I love this quote from Iceland Intrigue: Prayer is a weapon the weakest can use and one even the mightiest can’t block.
Yes that is a nice quote
I like that quote as well.
Awe! That scene is so sad and sweet! Poor Tom, not to mention Mr. Jigson!
That is my favorite as well
That’s one of mine too, especially in the context and the way in which its presented, with Tom starting it and Jigson finishing it.
Favorite verse?
Hebrews 13:6 “So we may boldly say ‘The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” -Prisoner of the Pyrenees.
I like that one too. Good night!
Good night? It’s like 2:00 pm where I live!
Really? Am I the only one up? I live in Alberta so it’s only 3:30 PM I love al those quotes! Can’t even pick a favourite one!
It’s 3:30 were I live.
Same here, so you live in Montana right? And we live in southern Alberta so we must be in the same time zone.
Yes I live just an hour from the Canadian border.
On nice! Best of both worlds:)
Not really Leah LOL. Canada hates us every time we try to go through the Canadian border they make us sit there and intricate us and separate us four hours so annoying sometimes when you’re trying to get somewhere on time. I promise we’re not terrorists! LOL maybe you could talk some sense into them?
Oh man! I’ll try:) Actually, on the matter of leaders and politics I prefer the states… But I might have just stirred up a bee’s nest starting this topic!
Yes I agree on both subjects! LOL
Whew! All that’s what I meant when I said best of both worlds. Sometimes I wish I were American!
I also really like 1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the Believers in word, inconduct, in love, in spirit, in fa it , in purity.
Come on! 8 more comments till 1,000!
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I’m dyslexic 😕 I read 962 as 992. Sorry…
No worries! 🙂
I do that to:)
No worries Jubilee, I’m like that too only my biggest struggle is letters I misspell things all the time on paper but there are spelled correctly in my head. The worst is when I’m trying to take notes when our pastor is talking.
I usually take notes in poetry:)
Same Jac!
I have a friend who does that too.
Does anyone here celebrate Christmas?
I do!
Yes
Yes!
So do I!
Me too!
I have a question. Where would you like to see the Bakers go next?
I have this thing for Australia so I would love to see them go there.
I would LOVE it if they went to Australia! There are so many cool animals over there! But I have a sneaking suspicion that the next book is going to have something to do with Greece 😉
yes after all the Greek hints I was thinking the same thing.
Ireland! She has to do that! Especially since she has been here quite a few times!
Oh that would be cool!
Alaska, Ireland, Egypt, Rome.
Totally Ireland and Rome! I would especially love Ireland since I’m learning the language and would like to be a missionary there one day. Did you know that Ireland has less that 1% of its population born again christians?
Wow! I didn’t know that.
Alaska! I lived in Alaska fo 5 years and loved it. I would love to see them go there thou I would crotike everything. 😉 Miss Hedgcock is really good about having her facts straight to so I probably wouldn’t have anything to worry about.
I’m going to critique your message. Critique is not spelled crotike. LOL.
I didn’t know that Leah if I didn’t become a doctor I would be a missionary. We could go together! LOL 😊😉
Thats a good idea! 🙂
I’d have to wait a couple years though!
True!
LOL … I just noticed that my mistake or auto corrects fault hmm I don’t remember what I used to post that comment. LOL
Ah ha! My brother says Africa. I say Russia. A lot of conspiracies there!!! Or maybe France?
I would love it if they went to Africa to.
Also where is the funniest place you have posted here.
The funniest place…? I don’t get it.
I don’t know maybe it’s not a very good question. I just meant like I posted sitting on his face in my barn and I thought maybe somebody else had a couple funny places they had been when they posted.
*Hay* in my barn
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Funniest place. Hmmmm. Well i’m in bed right now with a bad cold.
Hope you get better soon!
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Five more comments! (right?)
1000
1000!!!!!!!!!
Comments!
Jubilee you won. You had comment 1000!
Wow! Amazing!
Woohoo!🎊🎉🎊🎉
No worries I’m not going to argue it. But technically I did I posted 1000 before Jubilee.
Really?
Well, it had been a pleasure to get to know you all a little bit! Man, I’m going to miss this! Thanks all for the neat comments, it was so fun! And to Miss Hedgecock, a big thank you for letting us post all these comments on your blog! We all enjoy your books so much and really look forward to number 8! And to all of my fellow “commenters:)” See you on the next post!
1st Timothy 4:12
Agreed but maybe she’ll be scared to post from now on LOL!
My post of “of” was the 1000th post
Yes! We did it!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Jac got post 1000 😉
I’m glad I’m not the only one who counted it like that I was afraid there for a minute after I posted it I had gotten the 1000 post that maybe I actually hadn’t I wasn’t trying to be rude or anything. So then I went back and counted them all and figured out which one it was
o worries, i miscounted:)
No problem!