Accepted Memories (The Sycamore P.D. Series) – The Story Behind the Story

Here is the second in my series on how I came to write each one of my series and of course, each individual novel. Please feel free to ask me any questions about any of my novels or series that I may not answer in these blogs.

Ten months after the events of Lost Memories, someone is attacking women in Sycamore. Then the attacker leaves a note saying Alison is next. This brings Alison and her brother’s best friend, police detective Stan Becker, together as he tries to protect her.

Alison never knew either of her parents, now her mother is back. How can she just accept Sarah and go on as if she hadn’t been gone for twenty years? Then she becomes aware of Stan in a different way.

Stan has secretly loved Alison for ten years. He works with his partner, Grant, and their sergeant, Sonia Nordstrom to protect Alison and catch the attacker.

Stan and Alison each try to deal with the attacks, their past, and then with each other.

Okay, that’s the story. Now let’s start looking at the story behind the story.

As I should have mentioned in the blog about Lost Memories, having been a police chaplain for a number of years, I gained both a knowledge of police procedures and also an admiration and respect for police officers in general and especially detectives. So, it was relatively easy and much fun writing about the three detectives in this series.

Also, as you may have been able to figure out on your own, all of my main characters work in occupations that I have been in over the last forty-five years. And yes, I was a real estate agent in Colorado in the early 1970s. Therefore, Alison’s job came as easy to me as all the rest.

I especially enjoyed writing about a man, Stan, who had secretly been in love with Alison for many years. But the fact that Alison took him for granted at best was frustrating to him. Alison, on the other hand, comes across sometimes, especially in Lost Memories, as a little flighty at least. But as you will notice in Accepted Memories, she is much more than that.

One of the distinctive points about all of my novels is that there is always a bad guy who has emotional/psychological problems. The attacker in this novel would fit but so would the next-door neighbor who was obsessed with Alison. My education (doctorate in counseling) and my experience as a crisis counselor help me to portray the type of person who loses touch with reality.

So, when you put all of that together, you have a mystery that some have called surprising at the end.

Now, I hope you enjoyed this blog as much as I enjoyed writing it. If you have any questions or even comments, please feel free to contact me through any of the below methods. Also, I would love it if you would give me ideas on what you would like to know about my novels and how I write them.

Thank you for loving to read as much as I do,

T. E. Killian

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