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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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