Behind the Scenes

Once upon a time, a group of writer friends had a critique group. And while helping a member with a particularly difficult thread in a continuity series contrived by her editors, they got the grandiose idea to create a continuity series of their own. "It should be easier, since we already meet every friday night, right?"

Yes, this was us, and we threw ourselves wholeheartedly into developing characters, fashioning families, relationship dynamics, and a setting, which evolved from one member's love of all things Colorado. We created family trees, character profiles, detailed maps, brainstormed titles and themes. We collected photos and researched and even started the stories.

We proposed our idea to a few publishers and got no traction. So, after a time, the contracted books came first, two members dropped out of the group, a couple new ones came and went—ASPEN GOLD went on the backburner. But the core group remained.

In a tragic turn of events we lost a beloved friend and co-writer. Grief took the remaining wind from our sails. We recovered slowly.
After some time, we welcomed a new friend to our critique group. Then came a day when we got together and said, "We're going to get serious and do this!"

Energy built, and the series took on new life. Now, here we are, years after the initial idea, sharing the finished stories with you, and hoping you will feel the same intensity and appreciation for this project, as we do.

We have many more stories to share, and the ideas keep coming.

So, come along. We welcome you to Spencer, Colorado, and Aspen Gold: The Series, to have a look inside the families, to laugh in their good times and cry in their sad times, to follow them as they solve mysteries, expose secrets, recover from their pasts, reach for their goals, and most importantly—fall in love.

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