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Nellie Stockbridge – Real Life Character

Nellie Stockbridge – Real Life Character

Works:  Bully of Burke and Nellie Stockbridge Mystery Name: Nellie Stockbridge Born: 1868, Illinois. Died: May 22, 1965, Wallace, ID. In 1898, at age 30, Nellie Stockbridge left her home in Illinois to work with Thomas Barnard at his Wallace, Idaho photography studio. A year after her arrival the area exploded — April 1899 Coeur d’Alene Mining Insurrection — which she and Barnard documented. Over the next decades, working often to exhaustion, Nellie photographed the people and places of one of…

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Discovering Depth in My Characters

Discovering Depth in My Characters

I just finished a great 2 hour writing session — 1000 words based on introducing two of sub-characters in my book “Bully of Burke.” I am fascinated by history, and when they state “a picture says a thousands words” it is so true. I have been scouring the photographic records of TN Barnard and Nellie Stockbridge from the Coeur d’Alenes, and with each photo – a new character comes to life. Over 10 years ago I outlined my mining story…

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Rune of Panutoo, cover concept

Rune of Panutoo, cover concept

Coming soon, the latest book in the SimpleTown Tales Series. Rune of Panutoo. The original story concept was written by my niece years ago. She gave me her hand written pages and I put them away in a memory drawer. When I revisited the story over a dozen years later, I found it interesting and worthy of publication. Here’s a cover concepts using elements from inside the book. Opening: In a faraway land lived the mighty Tiger King named Oskwidge…

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Alvin Shoestring Wilson: Character (Nellie Stockbridge Mystery)

Alvin Shoestring Wilson: Character (Nellie Stockbridge Mystery)

BACKSTORY: Shoestring Wilson “I am always going to live in Spokane. It’s the best city I was ever in.” Purpose: Developing Characters (from real life) for Nellie Stockbridge MysteryLocation: Spokane, Washington 1900 Accessed Nostalgia Magazine article (February 2021) Born in Illinois in 1861, Alvin L. Wilson worked as an electrician in the cutting edge world of electricity. Electricity and the new technological advances were exciting and new, and Alvin excelled at his profession. When, at the Chicago 1893 fair, he watched President…

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Woman in a Pale Dress

Woman in a Pale Dress

I decided to put my historical fiction (Bully of Burke) aside for something more “light”. Still a murder mystery, this book reads more like a lite fiction/thriller with a mystery/murder and a little paranormal activity thrown in. As a lover of history and science, I just can’t help but bring these elements into the mix when writing, if not for my own enjoyment, but as a learning experience for my readers. This, of course, requires me to do more in-depth research…

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