Character Enhancement

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.