One of the freedoms of authoring a historical novel, is the luxury
of drawing from stories that occurred in my life and those of my
ancestors. I have used multiple stories
in Grass Widow Wives which are true, but not necessarily occurrences in the
lives of my characters. This does not
take away from the truthfulness of the story line, but are used to enlighten
the dialogue and interaction between individuals as needed. It also allows me to enhance the everyday
happenings to prevent the reader from becoming bored with the account being offered. My characters may not have experienced the story but it is relevant to the time of the occurrence. .
Many of these stories are hidden within the book and are
there for you to enjoy without ever knowing that they did not occur with this
individual.
Check the right side of this Blog to read about each of the main characters in Grass Widow Wives.
