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Reyna Favis
Hi Max,
The Roseberry Homestead is real and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. All the physical details (e.g. architecture. floor plans, stencils) of the house in the story are accurate. The association with Peter Kinney is also accurate. Kinney was a First Lieutenant in the First Regiment of the Sussex Militia of the Continental Army and owned the Roseberry Homestead in 1787. Historical research has shown that he owned two slaves, but any association with Phebe, also a real historical figure, was fabricated for the story.
Along with Phebe, Mark and Phillis were also real people. All three were involved in the murder trial of the slave owner by poisoning. Phebe ratted them out during the trial and was transported to the West Indies for her part in the murder. Just as in the story, Mark was hung and gibbeted; his body was still on display twenty years later when Paul Revere rode through to warn the populace that the British were coming. Phillis was burned alive at the stake.
The Roseberry Homestead is real and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. All the physical details (e.g. architecture. floor plans, stencils) of the house in the story are accurate. The association with Peter Kinney is also accurate. Kinney was a First Lieutenant in the First Regiment of the Sussex Militia of the Continental Army and owned the Roseberry Homestead in 1787. Historical research has shown that he owned two slaves, but any association with Phebe, also a real historical figure, was fabricated for the story.
Along with Phebe, Mark and Phillis were also real people. All three were involved in the murder trial of the slave owner by poisoning. Phebe ratted them out during the trial and was transported to the West Indies for her part in the murder. Just as in the story, Mark was hung and gibbeted; his body was still on display twenty years later when Paul Revere rode through to warn the populace that the British were coming. Phillis was burned alive at the stake.
Reyna Favis
Inspiration has nothing to do with the hard work of writing. A writer writes and the muse rewards those who consistently work at a story. For me, the writing gets easier when the characters become fully fleshed and begin to take the story in unanticipated directions.
Reyna Favis
Be clever. Do something different. Books and film have become the same old stories hashed out in the same old ways. Readers are hungry for something that is unique and surprising.
Reyna Favis
“No pulse – we need to start CPR.”
They weren’t speaking to me, but I pushed their hands aside and murmured, “No, it’s okay - l’m getting up.”
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They weren’t speaking to me, but I pushed their hands aside and murmured, “No, it’s okay - l’m getting up.”
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Reyna Favis
Fia and Cam from Soul Search. They are not a romantic couple, but are linked through a mentor/mentee relationship and by serving a common purpose - to help trapped souls move on to the afterlife.
Reyna Favis
For starters, I'd have to say that the commute is right up there at the top of the list of what's good about being a writer. It definitely gives me time to perfect my introversion. I also really enjoy being able to work during the hours when I am most able to concentrate and be creative. Probably the absolute best thing about being a writer is being able to hang out with my dogs all day. They sit next to me on the couch while I type.
Reyna Favis
I have a very strange approach to writer's block. I get angry at it. Writer's block creates feelings of helplessness and an angry response to it activates the contrary parts of my brain, the parts of my brain I used as a two year old. Who doesn't remember digging in and screaming, "Don't wanna! Can't make me!" When you recognize that writer's block can be overcome by a two year old, it kind of loses its power to halt your work.
Reyna Favis
I'm currently working on the fourth book of the Zackie Stories of Supernatural Suspense. The next book will be called Soul Seek and I hope to have a completed draft by the the end of 2020.
Reyna Favis
It was a "what if?" moment. I am a K9 handler for search and rescue and we were called out to find a despondent who ran into the woods with a gun. The story did not end happily for this person and a rescue turned into a recovery. Search dogs play a huge role in finding both the living and the dead and I wondered what if a search dog could also be a therapy dog for the dead? What if a search dog was also a psychopomp, leading tormented souls who are trapped in this world to the afterlife? The "what if?" moment wouldn't let go until I wrote the story.
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