I have always have been fascinated with Greek Mythology and fell in love with JW Waterhouse's painting of on those themes. I actually have several of his lithographs and the one I was going to base the book on was Circe.  However, when I was outlining what I wanted the story to be her character didnt fit with the story. So I went in search of the immortal that would be the best fit for my heroine and Calliope was the perfect Muse--literally and figuratively.


I alway knew the story would take place in Detroit. I love looking into the history and architecture of the grand old building that were created at the turn of the last century. I stumbled across a website called The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit. It broke my heart looking at all the potential in those beautiful old building going to ruin--so I used their potential in a different way as a back drop to my book. In my world, I got to renovate some of those lovely old buildings and celebrate them for the beauty they once represented. I knew I wanted to use The Corner as a setting so I had to back date my story to before it was torn down because it was to become a key feature in the books.