Ask the Author: Ginger G. Howard
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Ginger G. Howard
Funny you should ask that, it is exactly what inspired my first novel, Under the Tracks. The mystery was not knowing how my great grand uncle died in the late 1800s, at the tender age of 6, in the care of the NY Catholic Protectory.
When my G-Great Grandfather died at a young age, it left his wife and young children destitute. The mother had no other choice but to leave her youngest son and 2 daughters with the institution. The little boy died within a couple months of being there. The boys section housed juvenile delinquents as well as orphans and paupers. Some of those boys went on to be notorious gangsters on the streets of NY. I've never known if he died as a result of bad treatment from the institution, at the hands of an older boy, or of an illness.
In my novel I let my imagination run wild, and fictionalized an entirely different scenario based on the "Poor Farms" of the time period, and the Orphan Train Movement. I used this as the backdrop for a ghost story set in a rural Oregon town in the summer of 1982. You should check it out.
When my G-Great Grandfather died at a young age, it left his wife and young children destitute. The mother had no other choice but to leave her youngest son and 2 daughters with the institution. The little boy died within a couple months of being there. The boys section housed juvenile delinquents as well as orphans and paupers. Some of those boys went on to be notorious gangsters on the streets of NY. I've never known if he died as a result of bad treatment from the institution, at the hands of an older boy, or of an illness.
In my novel I let my imagination run wild, and fictionalized an entirely different scenario based on the "Poor Farms" of the time period, and the Orphan Train Movement. I used this as the backdrop for a ghost story set in a rural Oregon town in the summer of 1982. You should check it out.
Ginger G. Howard
I could not remember what happened the night before. I only knew that it was the night when the murders began.
Ginger G. Howard
Lothlórien from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy: was a forest and Elven realm near the lower Misty Mountains, where Galadriel, daughter of Finarfin lived. It was located on the River Celebrant, and was the only place where the golden Mallorn trees grew.
Galadriel's magic, enriched the land and made it a magic forest into which evil could not enter without difficulty. The only way that Lothlórien could have been conquered by the armies of Mordor is if Sauron had come there himself.
Galadriel's magic, enriched the land and made it a magic forest into which evil could not enter without difficulty. The only way that Lothlórien could have been conquered by the armies of Mordor is if Sauron had come there himself.
Ginger G. Howard
I am currently working on Book Two of the Douglas Town Chronicles titled Beneath the Stairs. It continues where Under the Tracks left off going into their freshman year of high school. The complicated relationships established in the first story will continue, as well as answering questions about the discoveries made in the house.
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