In my last two blogs, I shared my new Story Inspiration pages for my books…
Now it’s Story Inspiration time for romance on the rails with an Irishman.
Sometimes it’s all about timing. First came a friendship and then a great Western historical TV show (about a real-life temporary town called Hell on Wheels that moved with the construction of America’s transcontinental railroad) which inspired my friends–who then asked me to join them in a writing collaboration. The result was three interlinked but still standalone stories in the Passion’s Prize anthology. My contribution was Adella’s Enemy.
ADELLA’S ENEMY – STORY INSPIRATION PAGE
Have you watched the TV series Hell on Wheels? Would you like to write a railroad romance with a race for riches? Those were the questions asked by Elisabeth Burke and Jennifer Jakes. Without them, Adella’s Enemy would never have been written.
Post-Civil War America was a time of great tension and transition but also incredible opportunities for prosperity—if you played your cards right. Instead of weeks or months to cross America, when its transcontinental railroad was completed in May 1869, the journey was reduced to less than a week. The railroad builders’ and camp followers’ journeys (and fates and fortunes) made Hell on Wheels.
Time is money for travelers and builders—from the worker laying track to the smooth-talking promoter overseeing construction and the proposed route. The proximity of a railroad could make or break a town’s future and a speculator’s fortune. The entire endeavor often became a cutthroat race for riches.
In Adella and Cormac’s story, I like to think their race for revenge, forgiveness and, above all, love provided the greatest riches of all.
MORE INSPIRATION TO COME
Click here if you’d like to read the opening of Adella’s Enemy on my website.
I hope you enjoyed learning more about what inspired me to write Adella and Cormac’s story. Join me again next Monday as I continue sharing more new (or old) Story Inspiration pages for my books. ❤
To read the Story Inspiration Pages for my other stories, click here.
I enjoyed this book immensely. So wonderful that you were moved along in your process by fellow authors. Bravo!
Always wonderful to hear you enjoyed a story of mine, Jodie 😊 Yes, fellow authors are very inspiring! ❤