(Couldn’t help myself, had to splain it.) Anyway,
  • This is the second novel I wrote, which I intended to write. The first one (Like A Blue Thread) just happened
  • I wrote it in no time
  • It made me expand my horizons (cliché, I get it, but clichés are true)
      • I learned to drink whisky
      • Fell deeper in love with Scotland
  • Got me through a sad period in life
cliché

cli·​ché | klē-ˈshā , ˈklē-ˌshā, kli-ˈshā 1: a trite phrase or expression also: the idea expressed by it