Category: Backstory
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Family Matters
I spent hours trying to write a blog post about family for this week. Hours. And in the end, I realized that the question is too important to me to try to fit all of my thoughts into one blog post. I don’t just have words on the topic of family—I have worlds on it.…
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Whispering Hearts Backstory — Rachel
Whispering Hearts is launching tomorrow! I’m really excited for this one (in case you couldn’t tell). Last week, I posted a short piece from Garrett’s perspective of when he and Rachel first met. Here’s the same event from her point of view. This happened several years before the events of Wandering Soul and Whispering Hearts.…
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Whispering Hearts Backstory — Garrett
We’ve almost reached launch day for Whispering Hearts! I love this book so much. Rachel and Garrett have become very dear to me. I almost feel bad for everything I put them through. But it’s a writer’s job to challenge her characters. To celebrate their story, I’ve written two short pieces about the first time…
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Happy Birthday, Rachel!
Rachel was born at 11:55 p.m. on December 8, 1983. I have never had to go into as much detail about a character’s birth, infancy, and childhood. I like to think I know Rachel quite well at this point. After throwing a HUGE party for Garrett not long ago, Rachel opted for a more quiet…
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Happy Birthday, Garrett!
It’s time to celebrate another fictional character’s birthday from The Summer Park Psychics series. This time… Happy Birthday, Garrett! My first gift to you is not calling you Dr. Wolfstrom. Except for…mentioning it there. Oops. I can’t say too much about Garrett’s thirty-ninth birthday without giving away things from his story. I will say that…
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Happy Birthday, Elsa!
A very happy birthday to Elsa Sinclair, who is 31 today (if she was real). It is the first birthday that she spends with Dante. For that and many other reasons, this is the very best birthday she has ever experienced. Her friends are in a jubilant mood, and are spending the day at her…
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Happy Birthday to Jazz!
Ling “Jazz” Zhou was born in Kansas City, Kansas, 33 years ago today (okay, if she was real, that is). A master at showmanship who gives away nothing about herself—she is quite possibly the most direct character I’ve written so far, while also being the most guarded. Her world and her self-view have been turned…
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Wandering Soul Backstory – Heinrich
You’ve had a chance to meet not only Winston but Elsa, the heroine of Wandering Soul. It seems only fitting that I should introduce you to the hero as well. Dante’s backstory piece is quite the opposite of Winston and Elsa’s. It’s the tragic and very permanent ending of one of Dante’s most important relationships.…
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Wandering Soul Backstory – Winston
One of the most beloved characters in Wandering Soul is Winston. He’s in charge of Elsa’s house—ordering groceries online, hiring and overseeing cleaning and gardening crews, and taking care of the cooking and laundry. On paper, his job is listed as “butler”, but he thinks of himself as Elsa’s caretaker. She thinks of him as…
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Happy Birthday, Dante!
On April 2 of the year 1881, in the world of Wandering Soul, Dante Lucerne—the hero of the book—celebrated his 36th birthday. He spent the day in quiet reflection, wandering through the theatre where he worked and lived. Rather than give in to the feelings of isolation that sometimes plagued him due to people’s reaction…
Cassandra Chandler 