Terry Ruth Eissfeldt's Blog
July 17, 2023
Thanks To Everyone!
Wow! I'm so grateful over 900 people signed up to win an e-copy of my book Anna Wells and the Mystery of the Dusty Duchess!
Congratulations to the winners! I truly hope you enjoy the story.
For those who didn't win I hope you still want to read about how Dusty became Duchess and all the adventures of the Animal Justice Club.
I'm looking forward to reading your reviews and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.
www.terryrutheissfeldt.com
terryruth@heartsinger.net
Anna Wells and the Mystery of the Dusty Duchess: An Animal Justice Club Mystery
Bono Malum Superate
Congratulations to the winners! I truly hope you enjoy the story.
For those who didn't win I hope you still want to read about how Dusty became Duchess and all the adventures of the Animal Justice Club.
I'm looking forward to reading your reviews and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.
www.terryrutheissfeldt.com
terryruth@heartsinger.net
Anna Wells and the Mystery of the Dusty Duchess: An Animal Justice Club Mystery
Bono Malum Superate
June 30, 2023
Why Did I Fictionalize the Towns on North Vancouver Island?
North Vancouver Island – and I’m talking about the REAL North Vancouver Island – 200 kilometres north of Campbell River, is breathtakingly beautiful.
There are small isolated communities; island communities; and larger centres such as Port Hardy and Port McNeill.
So why did I fictionalize the communities of North Vancouver Island in my novel Anna Wells and the Mystery of the Dusty Duchess, and not the communities in the south?
I don’t really know – that’s the honest answer.
During the editing process I did ask my editor and project manager if fictionalizing some communities and using real ones in the same novel was acceptable – and they both said yes.
If I try and dig down into my subconscious and ask Why? I come up with a few things.
If I used Port McNeill, Port Hardy, Alert Bay, Sointula, Woss, and Port Alice
some people may think I was basing a character on them
I would have felt pressure to use real business names and would feel weird not using the real people
I think I wanted to create my own ‘world’
#3 hits the nail on the head for me. I wanted to create my own world but keep it in the real world.
I’m certainly not the first author to mix the real and imagined and I won’t be the last.
If you live on the North Island I’d love to hear your thought – were you surprised? Disappointed? Intrigued?
There are small isolated communities; island communities; and larger centres such as Port Hardy and Port McNeill.
So why did I fictionalize the communities of North Vancouver Island in my novel Anna Wells and the Mystery of the Dusty Duchess, and not the communities in the south?
I don’t really know – that’s the honest answer.
During the editing process I did ask my editor and project manager if fictionalizing some communities and using real ones in the same novel was acceptable – and they both said yes.
If I try and dig down into my subconscious and ask Why? I come up with a few things.
If I used Port McNeill, Port Hardy, Alert Bay, Sointula, Woss, and Port Alice
some people may think I was basing a character on them
I would have felt pressure to use real business names and would feel weird not using the real people
I think I wanted to create my own ‘world’
#3 hits the nail on the head for me. I wanted to create my own world but keep it in the real world.
I’m certainly not the first author to mix the real and imagined and I won’t be the last.
If you live on the North Island I’d love to hear your thought – were you surprised? Disappointed? Intrigued?
June 20, 2023
Why Did You Write This Story?
A common question for a new author is, "Why did you write this story?"
I suppose a pre-writing question could also be, "Why do you think you should write this story?"
My answer to both questions is the the same: Because I promised.
Dusty/Duchess is based on a real pony, of the same name, who came into our lives in the early 1990's just after we moved to North Vancouver Island.
We could count every bone in her body. We found out it was the third time she had been starved. We heard how she witnessed her two friends, one by one, die of starvation. You could see her muscle mass compromised by the repeated starvations.
Dusty/Duchess was the sweetest soul you ever hoped to meet with perfect tiny ears and little black hooves. Her large brown eyes, once dull and sad, shined with liquid love and gratitude as she began to trust us.
I promised her one day I would write her story and highlight how easy ignorance, and heartlessness, can turn to abuse.
I miss her everyday but I know, because of our, and other's intervention, her later years were better than her early years.
I suppose a pre-writing question could also be, "Why do you think you should write this story?"
My answer to both questions is the the same: Because I promised.
Dusty/Duchess is based on a real pony, of the same name, who came into our lives in the early 1990's just after we moved to North Vancouver Island.
We could count every bone in her body. We found out it was the third time she had been starved. We heard how she witnessed her two friends, one by one, die of starvation. You could see her muscle mass compromised by the repeated starvations.
Dusty/Duchess was the sweetest soul you ever hoped to meet with perfect tiny ears and little black hooves. Her large brown eyes, once dull and sad, shined with liquid love and gratitude as she began to trust us.
I promised her one day I would write her story and highlight how easy ignorance, and heartlessness, can turn to abuse.
I miss her everyday but I know, because of our, and other's intervention, her later years were better than her early years.
June 14, 2023
Give Away!
Where are all my American family and friends.
Why? You ask?
Because I’m giving away 100 FREE ebook copies of Anna Wells and the Mystery of the Dusty Duchess on Goodreads!
You can enter the contest here:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
I’m sorry my Canadian Family and Friends – don’t worry I’ll set up a Give Away soon for you.
Bono Malum Superate
Terry Ruth
Why? You ask?
Because I’m giving away 100 FREE ebook copies of Anna Wells and the Mystery of the Dusty Duchess on Goodreads!
You can enter the contest here:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
I’m sorry my Canadian Family and Friends – don’t worry I’ll set up a Give Away soon for you.
Bono Malum Superate
Terry Ruth
