Why did you name the book “Blue Mountain Rose”?

Q: A friend on Facebook asked, “What’s the story behind naming your book Blue Mountain Rose?

A: Fun Fact: This book started as a Word document named “Scenes From the Summit Theatre.” It was a collection of story fragments from a fictional theatre company in my hometown of Flagstaff. The town is at 7,000 feet on San Francisco Mountain in Arizona, and its high elevation gave me the idea of calling this theatre “Summit.” But that name didn’t stick for long. It wasn’t romantic enough for the stor...