S.K. KeoghMay 13 minHistory and WeatherModern-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...
S.K. KeoghJun 4, 20211 minThe 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...
S.K. KeoghJan 24, 20214 minResearching 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,...
S.K. KeoghDec 20, 20203 minResearching 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...
S.K. KeoghNov 29, 20205 minResearching 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...
S.K. KeoghSep 26, 20204 minConnection to HistoryBefore writing my latest novel, The Edge of Hell, I first learned about Andersonville military prison when I was much younger. My mother...
S.K. KeoghAug 26, 20203 minAn American Horror Story: Andersonville PrisonI 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...
S.K. KeoghAug 13, 20204 minThe Ghost Deer of ChickamaugaBack 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...
S.K. KeoghAug 2, 20203 minBurr 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...
S.K. KeoghJul 6, 20201 minPaperback Jacket for The Edge of HellSome folks (like me) buy their fiction strictly electronically for their mobile devices, etc. So for those who do, I thought I'd share...
S.K. KeoghMar 29, 20203 minAnother Real Life InspirationA few blog posts ago, I talked about how the infamous real life pirate Blackbeard inspired an aspect of one of my major characters, James...
S.K. KeoghFeb 27, 20204 minRICE AND SLAVERY IN COLONIAL AMERICAIn 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...
S.K. KeoghDec 15, 20193 minWhat's a Jester Doing in This Story?A fool began it, but a woman turned it murderous.
S.K. KeoghSep 2, 20194 minAn Unexpected Tale of St. FrancisToday's guest post is from author Tinney Sue Heath, who writes historical fiction set in Italy in the middle ages. Her second novel, Lady...
S.K. KeoghAug 17, 20192 minThe Real-Life Inspiration Behind James LoganIn 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...
S.K. KeoghJul 15, 20196 minMeet the Man Behind the VoiceSo far The Prodigal and The Alliance have been produced as audiobooks (available on Audible and iTunes), and the production of The...
S.K. KeoghMay 11, 20193 minEdward 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...
S.K. KeoghFeb 26, 20193 minTo Use Dialect or Not to Use DialectWhether an author is writing historical fiction or contemporary fiction, the most important element of any story is dialogue. And in...