The idea behind "Them Bones"
So, if you weren’t aware, “Them Bones” was my first novel. I started writing it in the summer of 2020 and was able to publish in September of that year. I had written some things before to include a short story of around fifteen thousand words called “The Gun,” which you can also pick up on Amazon for 99 cents. I’m thinking about maybe making that free at some point, but I’m not sure. As you can tell, I am learning this business as I go, and I hope you are enjoying the journey with me.
Anyway, back to my first novel. I wanted to give you a little backstory of how the novel came to be. With the whole COVID and stay at home orders, I was getting restless as I am sure you were too. I’ve always wanted to write a book… in fact, growing up, I would go and sit in the big bookstores for hours at a time just looking at books, thinking somehow my book would come into being by osmosis or something. 😉
I was sitting around, and the story just came to me… well, not the whole story but the general premise and starting off point. A coming of age murder mystery with a hint of the supernatural. That is what rolled through my mind.
When I was a kid, I went to Southern Illinois every summer, and that’s the backdrop and setting for both of my novels, “Them Bones” and “The Hermit.”
The town of Pittsburg in the book is a real place is Southern Illinois. It’s one of those small villages that catches your eye as you drive past and once past, no more thought is given to it. Also growing up, there were plenty of kids running around that village and villages like it. So that’s what I used. I used a little bit of my memories of the location, although I did change up some locations within the town to fit my idea of what I needed.
Also, the convenience store had been a real place, though it’s been closed down for years now. My cousins and I would go up there to play video arcade games. I used my memory of that location and added to it, changing some things around in the store, making it bigger for my purposes.
It took me about three months to write that book. I have to say, it’s been a neat experience and if you happen to be like me where you’ve always wanted to write a book, I highly encourage you to do so.
If you haven’t read it, the description is below.
“Nothing ever happens in the little village of Pittsburg, that is, until it does. For fourteen-year-old Joe Anderson, that was the case during the summer of 1992. The events that unfolded following a childhood game of hide and go seek in the woods changed the face of a small town and left a mark that was forever etched into the recesses of a boy's heart and mind. It was a summer of adventure, friendship, murder, first love, and pain. Them Bones is a coming-of-age, murder mystery novel set in a small, rural village with secrets of its own.”
Until next time...
Them Bones: Some Memories Will Haunt You
Anyway, back to my first novel. I wanted to give you a little backstory of how the novel came to be. With the whole COVID and stay at home orders, I was getting restless as I am sure you were too. I’ve always wanted to write a book… in fact, growing up, I would go and sit in the big bookstores for hours at a time just looking at books, thinking somehow my book would come into being by osmosis or something. 😉
I was sitting around, and the story just came to me… well, not the whole story but the general premise and starting off point. A coming of age murder mystery with a hint of the supernatural. That is what rolled through my mind.
When I was a kid, I went to Southern Illinois every summer, and that’s the backdrop and setting for both of my novels, “Them Bones” and “The Hermit.”
The town of Pittsburg in the book is a real place is Southern Illinois. It’s one of those small villages that catches your eye as you drive past and once past, no more thought is given to it. Also growing up, there were plenty of kids running around that village and villages like it. So that’s what I used. I used a little bit of my memories of the location, although I did change up some locations within the town to fit my idea of what I needed.
Also, the convenience store had been a real place, though it’s been closed down for years now. My cousins and I would go up there to play video arcade games. I used my memory of that location and added to it, changing some things around in the store, making it bigger for my purposes.
It took me about three months to write that book. I have to say, it’s been a neat experience and if you happen to be like me where you’ve always wanted to write a book, I highly encourage you to do so.
If you haven’t read it, the description is below.
“Nothing ever happens in the little village of Pittsburg, that is, until it does. For fourteen-year-old Joe Anderson, that was the case during the summer of 1992. The events that unfolded following a childhood game of hide and go seek in the woods changed the face of a small town and left a mark that was forever etched into the recesses of a boy's heart and mind. It was a summer of adventure, friendship, murder, first love, and pain. Them Bones is a coming-of-age, murder mystery novel set in a small, rural village with secrets of its own.”
Until next time...
Them Bones: Some Memories Will Haunt You
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