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I'm Branching Out!
It's a new year! And that means it's time for something new from this ol' gal. Over the years, I've always used various critique partners...

S.K. Keogh
Jan 41 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
May 1, 20223 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Jun 4, 20211 min read
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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,...

S.K. Keogh
Jan 24, 20214 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Dec 20, 20203 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Nov 29, 20205 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Sep 26, 20204 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Aug 26, 20203 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Aug 13, 20204 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Aug 2, 20203 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Jul 6, 20201 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Mar 29, 20203 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Feb 27, 20204 min read
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What's a Jester Doing in This Story?
A fool began it, but a woman turned it murderous.

S.K. Keogh
Dec 15, 20193 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Sep 2, 20194 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Aug 17, 20192 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Jul 14, 20196 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
May 11, 20193 min read
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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...

S.K. Keogh
Feb 26, 20193 min read
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