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May 16, 2019
I wanted to include a little insight into both being inside a coal mine and the personality of Turtle Mountain itself. I really have never experienced […]
August 10, 2020
The Industrial Revolution brought tens of thousands of people from rural locations to the cities, where they were met with terrible, filthy living conditions and rare […]
August 10, 2020
Besides the pain of being torn from their friends, Winny and Mary must also suffer the humiliation of the orphanage, and though some of this was […]
November 15, 2021
All her young life, Molly had adored her grandmother (or Seanmháthair – Irish Gaelic for grandmother) and the two shared a love for stories and storytelling. […]
November 15, 2021
Before I decided to explore the Pacific Theatre during World War 2 (which brought me to the Battle of Hong Kong), I considered writing about Dieppe. […]
January 10, 2023
I originally had this scene follow the party at Ernie Willoughby’s mansion. Her mother has injured herself badly enough that she will require more than Adele’s […]
January 10, 2023
I thought this was a pretty romantic reunion scene, but then tempers began to rise between Jerry and Ernie, and I knew there had to be […]
July 15, 2024
When I first started writing The Secret Keeper, Gus had not yet enlisted. He and Dash worked together on cars. This was my original introduction of […]
July 15, 2024
I loved getting to know Gus, though my picture of him changed many times during the various directions this book went. One of the things that […]