Taking a Trip Down Memory Lane

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Taking a Trip Down Memory Lane

          As the deadline and release date for Maple Square looms near, (and yes, I'm still in the midst of mad last-minute edits) I have to take a moment out of my schedule to say what an absolute pleasure it's been to write The Jack Cohen Series and to be able to include the haunted house that I grew up in. Even though the story in the first book is not based on my family per se, our house was the backdrop, and the ghost stories contained within the ghost story have been loosely based on events that took place in our family home. But going beyond the ghost story, my mind has been swirling with all sorts of childhood memories flooding in. 

        Just yesterday I asked my husband if he was planning on going to Hannaford's,  and he looked at me strangely. Of course I meant our grocery store here in the South, but as I had been writing the sequel, The Haunting of 79 School Street, I guess I didn't realize how completely submerged I had become in this project. I had written the word Hannaford several times yesterday, and my mind automatically made the switch. Or Freudian slip? I am taking a trip 'home' this summer and so I really am getting caught up in being more "there" than "here" at the moment.

    It's been wonderful to bring out the places I've lived and loved, and share what I remember of my time growing up in New England. Every day I'm treated to a new memory of something I'd forgotten, and it makes this project more dear to my heart. I hope you all will enjoy this new series as much as I enjoy writing it.

 

Kimberlee Dodge~