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It’s great when I pick something to write about in my stories that turns out to be extra interesting to research. The river showboat that is the setting for my new book, In the Shadow of the River, turned out to be that way. I knew very little about showboats when I decided to take my story on the river. So …
When I first leafed through a book about steamboats and excursion boats looking for an idea for a new story, I didn’t know much about showboats. But as soon as I started reading about them I knew I wanted a showboat on the river to be my next historical novel setting. Now the release of In the Shadow of the …