Sunday, June 12, 2011

A Cottage In Donegal is now available on Amazon.com

Amazon.com sent me an order for a book today.  That makes me feel like I am offical.  You can find the listed on Amazon.com.  And I am listed as an author.  If you have read the book, please go to Amazon.com and post a review. 

Monday, June 6, 2011

Fact or Fiction

After deciding to write Mary's story, I created a timeline of her life, incorporating the births and deaths of all the extended family members during her life span.  I then added the dates and locations of major events that she would have been impacted by.  This list became the backbone of the novel.  I created another list of Mary's life events that we had family stories about.  I started with those and wrote down what I had heard from my dad and cousins.  Those parts are facts.  I then pondered about what other events would have been important in Mary's life.  I researched books and interviewed people to discover what would have happened and wrote about it.  Those parts are fiction.  Can you guess which parts are which?