Goodreads asked Tonya Penrose:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Tonya Penrose I contributed short stories regularly to an anthology series. The book's theme was anything to do with the mountains. I sat down to crank out a ditty and Old Mountain Cassie introduced herself on my blank sheet of paper. When I asked my writers group to edit the short piece, they declared the character of Cassie too fascinating and engaging to be contained by 500 words. This group of writers bullied me until I gave in and let Cassie's story blossom into a novel.

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