THE STORY BEHIND THE STORYI originally wrote Yours Remotely a long time ago. Back in 2006, I worked in a call centre. One fine day, a customer called Rockall phoned our helpline. I immediately thought it was an exceptionally cool surname. My next thought was, ‘Imagine if there was a rock star by the name of Rockall.’ So I did. Gary was born. I fought hard against his first name because I initially wrote the story in my native Finnish, and any name ending in the letter Y is awkward in the Finnish language. I couldn’t change it though. Gary was the name his parents had given him; what was I supposed to do about it? However, if you’ve quietly (or loudly) sniggered at Gary’s name while reading this book, please be informed that I never considered changing his last name. It was always part of h
