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A life of their own
Novels certainly do have a life of their own. In FINDING HOME, Richard Breeze, the male protagonist, seeks more excitement than working in his father's sawmill offers. My co-author and I weren't sure where Richard would find that excitement, but we wanted him to be...
In Court
Fortunately I have had no experience with the court system. However in my novel, The Medal, the main character testifies as a witness for the prosecution in a robbery trial. Armed with my pen and notebook, I spent a whole week in the Court of Justice, conducting...
The Woolen Mill
Research is a really interesting (and time-consuming) part of writing historical fiction. This woolen mill at Upper Canada Village came from Odessa, a town not far from Forest Mills, where Finding Home takes place. Woolen mills were one place where both men and women...
The Legacy of a Home Child
Because Sarah, the protagonist in our novel, Finding Home, comes to Canada in 1870 with Annie Macpherson and the early Home Children, I’m always on the look out for stories about these young immigrants. In the library I found: Mary Janeway – The Legacy of a Home Child...