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Jun 4
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
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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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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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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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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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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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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