by Nicole | May 2, 2011 | Story Behind the Story
There’s an old family story my mom told me about my gramma, Clara Brekke. Sometime back in the early 1900’s, Clara’s father took her two-year-old sister and walked out the front door. Just like that. No bags packed. Not a word about where they were going or when...
by Nicole | Apr 1, 2011 | Story Behind the Story
I am currently rewriting my first novel. Though still unpublished, the novel concept grabbed the attention of an agent, and ultimately a contract. After ten years, I could readily see the flaws. Yet, if the story grabbed an agent, there had to have been something...
by Nicole | Mar 23, 2011 | Story Behind the Story
Shades of Morning was a gift from Andy on one ordinary Sunday morning at church. I went not expecting to see anything different, or special, or extraordinary. But God had other plans. And so did Andy. In the middle of the third song, a noise came from the far...
by Nicole | Mar 21, 2011 | Story Behind the Story
Years ago, my dad started sending me and my mom Valentine’s gifts, either flowers, balloons, or candy. When my dad hit 60, it hit me that my parents were aging and I wouldn’t have them forever. Feeling melancholy, one Valentine’s Day, my flowers came and I...
by Nicole | Mar 16, 2011 | Story Behind the Story
My writing journey has been less of a path and more of a circle, so starting at the beginning is hard to do. But there is a point on the circle that ties it all together. In August of 2007, I was talking with my husband, Jeff. I’d been feeling a bit out of...
by Nicole | Mar 14, 2011 | Story Behind the Story
My debut novel, Yesterday’s Tomorrow, is one of those ‘this is the book of my heart’ stories. I’m not exactly sure how I came up with the plot, but all of a sudden I had a desperate need to write about a female journalist who traveled to...
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