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    History and Weather
    S.K. Keogh
    • May 1
    • 3 min

    History and Weather

    Modern-day people are always interested in the weather. We have apps on our mobile devices to give us the forecast so we know if we'll...
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    The Edge of Hell short-listed for Book of the Month!
    S.K. Keogh
    • Jun 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Edge of Hell short-listed for Book of the Month!

    I learned today that my latest novel has been short-listed for Book of the Month at Discovering Diamonds! The blog posted a review of...
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    Researching The Edge of Hell (Part 3)
    S.K. Keogh
    • Jan 24, 2021
    • 4 min

    Researching The Edge of Hell (Part 3)

    This is my third and final article about my research travels back in the 1990s for The Edge of Hell. We started in Decherd, Tennessee,...
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    Researching The Edge of Hell (Part 2)
    S.K. Keogh
    • Dec 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    Researching The Edge of Hell (Part 2)

    Part 1 in this series finished with my research trip to the Chickamauga battlefield in north Georgia. In Part 2, I will take you from...
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    Researching The Edge of Hell (Part 1)
    S.K. Keogh
    • Nov 29, 2020
    • 5 min

    Researching The Edge of Hell (Part 1)

    When I wrote The Edge of Hell, I was much younger than I am today. It was the 1990's. The internet was in its infancy, so its convenience...
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    Connection to History
    S.K. Keogh
    • Sep 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    Connection to History

    Before writing my latest novel, The Edge of Hell, I first learned about Andersonville military prison when I was much younger. My mother...
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    An American Horror Story: Andersonville Prison
    S.K. Keogh
    • Aug 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    An American Horror Story: Andersonville Prison

    I don’t remember how old I was when I read John Ransom’s Andersonville Diary, but I was somewhere in my early teens. It made a lasting...
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    The Ghost Deer of Chickamauga
    S.K. Keogh
    • Aug 13, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Ghost Deer of Chickamauga

    Back in the 1990’s when I wrote the first drafts of The Edge of Hell, I went to the battlefield of Chickamauga in north Georgia. I spent...
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    Burr Oak, Michigan: "And though she be but little, she is fierce."
    S.K. Keogh
    • Aug 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    Burr Oak, Michigan: "And though she be but little, she is fierce."

    You might recognize the quote in this article's title as a quote from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. I thought it a fitting...
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    Paperback Jacket for The Edge of Hell
    S.K. Keogh
    • Jul 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    Paperback Jacket for The Edge of Hell

    Some folks (like me) buy their fiction strictly electronically for their mobile devices, etc. So for those who do, I thought I'd share...
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    Another Real Life Inspiration
    S.K. Keogh
    • Mar 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    Another Real Life Inspiration

    A few blog posts ago, I talked about how the infamous real life pirate Blackbeard inspired an aspect of one of my major characters, James...
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    RICE AND SLAVERY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
    S.K. Keogh
    • Feb 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    RICE AND SLAVERY IN COLONIAL AMERICA

    In honor of Black History Month, I thought I would repost this article I wrote a couple of years ago when my novel The Driver's Wife was...
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    What's a Jester Doing in This Story?
    S.K. Keogh
    • Dec 15, 2019
    • 3 min

    What's a Jester Doing in This Story?

    A fool began it, but a woman turned it murderous.
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    An Unexpected Tale of St. Francis
    S.K. Keogh
    • Sep 2, 2019
    • 4 min

    An Unexpected Tale of St. Francis

    Today's guest post is from author Tinney Sue Heath, who writes historical fiction set in Italy in the middle ages. Her second novel, Lady...
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    The Real-Life Inspiration Behind James Logan
    S.K. Keogh
    • Aug 17, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Real-Life Inspiration Behind James Logan

    In the earlier drafts of my novel The Prodigal, the entire story was told only from the point of view of the two main characters--Jack...
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    Meet the Man Behind the Voice
    S.K. Keogh
    • Jul 15, 2019
    • 6 min

    Meet the Man Behind the Voice

    So far The Prodigal and The Alliance have been produced as audiobooks (available on Audible and iTunes), and the production of The...
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    Edward Ketch and Sandor Clegane - Long Lost Brothers?
    S.K. Keogh
    • May 11, 2019
    • 3 min

    Edward Ketch and Sandor Clegane - Long Lost Brothers?

    Let me start by saying I've never read any of George R.R. Martin's epic series and had never even heard of the books until the HBO...
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    S.K. Keogh
    • Feb 26, 2019
    • 3 min

    To Use Dialect or Not to Use Dialect

    Whether an author is writing historical fiction or contemporary fiction, the most important element of any story is dialogue. And in...
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