My life just merged with fiction...on a plane??

This wild story is the collision of my Day Job and Writing Job. My life is so strange right now!

So I was flying from The Middle Of Nowhere to The End of The World 2 weeks ago, getting ready for a 2-week locums gig to cover the sole FP/Ob at a rural hospital in the snowy north.

Sound familiar?

Yeah, it's the plot from my book, Dr. Alaska!

​But wait, there's more...

So I was traveling as a doctor to do a doctoring job. But while I was sitting on the plane, I was frantically drafting book #3 in the Yukon Valley, Alaska medical romance series. You know -- a series about medical romance in a cold, snowy rural environment. Exactly like where I'm traveling. To do the job that is in my book. That I wrote.

The flight was just under 3 hours. About 2 hours in, a lady sitting behind me and over one seat leaned forward and asked if I was an author?

Oh my god, had she witnessed the absolute DRECK I was fast drafting? Because that would be embarrassing!

I was kind of surprised but said yes I was an author. She asked what I wrote and my author name and I told her. This woman paused and then says, "I've read your books."

WHAT? For real? 

Then the cynical voice in my head was like, no she's just being polite. Because there's no way. I am literally no one in the writing world (yet -- I'm working on this!).  :)

This woman said, "You wrote the cowboys series, right?"

NO WAY. This person had actually read my un-marketable (because -- say it with me -- it's not a genre!! Yee haw for bad marketing choices) paranormal western series! Pretty sure my jaw was on the floor and I kind of blacked out.

A few minutes later, the lady had hooked into the airplane's wifi and points to her phone, "Yep, it's right here on my orders for kindle."

O.M.G.

So naturally I fumble around with what to say and ask her about her work (she's an editor) and what stuff she likes to read. Then I was like, oh crap I should mention my new book, which basically came out like, "Hey I have book coming out that's Gray's Anatomy meets Northern Exposure!"

And she was like, "Wow, that sounds great!"

To which I blurted out, "Want a free ARC copy? I'll email it to you." Because deep down, I am just a terrible marketer. At the end of the day I give away so much stuff!

Anyway, the lady was very kind and sweet and I can't remember large chunks of our conversation because I was just gobsmacked by the whole part where she had read my books. Like, this random person, on the same plane as me, and I'm going to my job, which is exactly like the job my main character does.

I mean, wow! Mind. Blown.

So I suppose to wrap up, if you ever recognize me on a plane just know that I'll get nervous and probably start giving away product...