by Nicole | Aug 29, 2011 | Story Behind the Story
How did you come up with the plot and characters for your novel? I was studying the book of Job and developed the plot from it. Since I wanted it to be set in Alberta, I pictured a North West Mounted Police Officer, Sergeant Dixon, and a farmer, Joab Black....
by Nicole | Aug 22, 2011 | Story Behind the Story
My grandmother was a born storyteller, the kind that could spin a tale and keep you enthralled from beginning to end. But her tales didn’t come from a tangle of imagination. They came from her life. I didn’t appreciate this as much as I should have as a child...
by Nicole | Aug 5, 2011 | History, Story Behind the Story, Writing
What got me into journalism and history at the same time? Hint – An old friend of my grandfather’s and his crazy stories. What legendary horse inspired my first “real” novel? What WWII author tucked me under her wing and answered all my...
by Nicole | May 30, 2011 | Story Behind the Story
This story that is set in India circa 1919 is so dear to my heart. Some of my ancestors on my mother’s side were Irish officers who served in the British Cavalry during England’s rule of Colonial India—the British Raj. It’s a glittering,...
by Nicole | May 13, 2011 | Story Behind the Story
Have you ever wished there was an epilogue to Jesus’ parable of the Prodigal Son? I have. So often we focus on the wonderful homecoming the lost son received, but I wanted to know what life was like for him after the fatted calf was consumed and the party was...
by Nicole | May 9, 2011 | Story Behind the Story
I published 14 pre teen and YA novels at Random House, Holiday House, and Simon and Schuster, but a novel for adult readers, the story of Ada Wentworth, a young Bostonian hatmaker transplanted to southern Appalachia, kept swirling in my head. I first envisioned...
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