![]() ![]() I also couldn’t have done this without the aid of my rural writing buddies. ![]() On the flip side, though, I had a blast touring the area and hiking the same trails that my hero and heroine would’ve roamed. ![]() My preferred haunt is the fiction realm but to write this story and stay true to the area, I had to read lots of sometimes dry historical non-fiction. Research That Inspiredīefore and during the writing of Captive Heart, I did lots of reading. I tried to give the reader a snapshot of the area as it was in the eighteenth century, because it’s completely different than what it is today. Did you know buffalo used to roam in that southern region? Neither did I until I did some digging. There are still rolling hills with drop-jaw gorgeous scenery, but the wildness, the unpredictability is buried in history. The Inspiration Behind the Settingīackcountry South Carolina is no more. I crafted the heroine to experience the loss of everything then took her on a journey to learn to cope with that loss. I imagined what it might be like to have my freedom taken away completely. The Inspiration Behind the PlotĬurrently our freedoms are being chipped away, piece by piece, to the point that makes me wonder where will it all end. As a wrap up to launch week for The Captive Heart, here are a few random behind-the-scenes factoids about the inspiration for the story. ![]()
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