by Nicole | Aug 11, 2010 | Story Behind the Story
Here is the “Story behind the Story” from my fellow WWII-writer, Heidi Chiavaroli! Visit her blog here! From Heidi: At the age of nineteen, I remember grieving my great-great-grandmother’s death. She was 102, born in the year 1898. I was sad...
by Nicole | Aug 9, 2010 | Story Behind the Story
This week, I’m featuring the “Story Behind the Story” of my three critique group partners. First up – going alphabetically – is the marvelous Sandy Ardoin! Visit her blog and website here. From Sandy: How does a novel take over...
by Nicole | Jul 26, 2010 | Story Behind the Story
A few years ago, I had been laid off from work and wasn’t sure what to do with myself. I started a novel, which sadly, I didn’t finish. Then one day, like a bolt from the sky, I realized that I had forgotten my best friend’s birthday –...
by Nicole | Jul 23, 2010 | Story Behind the Story
Goodbye Mr. 7:45 was sparked by a game of “what if.” As a young and bored barista, I met many men at the coffee shop that I worked at. Some were good, some were horrible, and all of them had stories. Mr. 7:45 is based on a specific guy I had the hugest...
by Nicole | Jul 19, 2010 | Story Behind the Story
“I live in Athens, Greece, and many of my sisters in Christ, here, are Filipina housekeepers for wealthy Greek families. The Lord moved me to write Skipping Mountains after hearing countless testimonies from these women about the abuses they suffer at the hands...
by Nicole | Jul 14, 2010 | Story Behind the Story
Deborah Raney – The “story” behind The Hanover Falls novels: “My husband is always clipping stories out of the newspaper that he thinks I’ll find interesting––that he thinks might hold the seed of an idea for a future novel. One day he placed...
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