Goodreads asked B.J. Robinson:

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

B.J. Robinson I got my idea for my most recent book, The Belle and the Officer, from Brookhaven, Mississippi, memories. Years ago, long after the Civil War, my Uncle had a cotton farm in Brookhaven, and we visited. He let me pick cotton with the workers he paid to pick it. I didn't pick very much since I soon grew tired. He gave me a smaller sack since I was only four and paid me twenty-five cents for each sack I filled. I think I earned a dollar. I love reading Civil War romance novels so I thought of writing one set in that small Mississippi town.

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