Research Trip

I just got back from a trip through East Texas, including hiking in the Big Thicket to see the carnivorous plants, visiting my hometown, seeing the Saratoga ghost lights, and searching for a hard-to-reach private cemetery. It was invigorating and exhausting at the same time, but it was worth it to add the final setting…

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Log Truck

So, no spoilers here, but there is a mention of a log truck in Austin in Jasper. No story set in East Texas could be without one, especially one set in a paper mill town. When I went in to Barnes and Noble today, this was staring at me: Austin’s voice inside me quivered with joy….

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