I love writing, allowing my characters to come alive on the page, and allowing them, with some restraint, to lead the story.
In the new and 3rd story, which leads us up to the beginning of the Baker Dynasty, I called a woman a dowager, I didn’t really know what a dowager was, and when I looked it up, it is a perfect word for this cantankerous female, as the character is a widow. She feels that the world should know "Who I am" as she now holds some property left from her departed husband, and is travelling with a daughter whom she embarrasses many times.
It is an easy road, the settlement of the colonies, as there is massive amounts of information that can be used from historical events and recorded on the internet.
I have the added research material in the arrival of my ancients to South Australia from Dorset, and although they would turn in their grave at the liberties I take, they give me many pages to add to "From Whence They Came." Material like personal letters, and descriptions of life in the early eighties in South Australia. There is even a price list of goods, in a letter, showing the people in England the high cost of being a colonist that must buy rather than sell.
I know that you will like this book, after you read the sequel, which is in the hands of my editor/publisher.
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