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The Making of Tainted Waters

The title, Tainted Waters, makes you think of something sinister, doesn’t it? Or at least I hope it does. I have to say when I was coming up with this book, I was having some pretty sinister plot ideas and yet it all started so innocently…

I think the thing about being an author is being open to what is around you and combine and twist things together that may not really be meant to go together.

My family and I went camping at a lake. People do that all the time, so nothing new or big deal there. We arrived at this lake that we’d never been to before and really chose it because we wanted to do some canoeing but didn’t want to have the hassle of motorboats. Motorboats and canoes really do not go well together, at least in close proximity. Anyway, so we arrive at this lake which turned out to be a good two hour drive and we were only expecting it to be about an hour and a half. Okay so we can live with that. It is a sunny warm day, there are a few other campers but ultimately it’s quiet. It’s perfect. We find a nice secluded, treed area, close to the water. We immediately unload and hit the lake. We are taking turns going out in the canoe and just playing in some blow-up boats we’d got for the kids. It was a fun day. We only stopped long enough to eat. At about 9:30 that night we crashed, tired and ready for a good night’s sleep.

Well that wasn’t to be. At about 10:30 p.m. I was awakened by the sound of a large truck rumbling by on the gravel road. I didn’t think much of it, just waited for the truck to go by and then nod off. Only then another one came. And then another. And another. All night long big trucks bounced up and down that road. At some point I became aware that there was also a large plant nearby as I could clearly hear it.

What? How had we missed all this during the day? I have no idea... http://bit.ly/1fgUyTs