Deborah MacGillivray | A stroll down memory lane...with a small detour through the Twilight Zone...

A stroll down memory lane...with a small detour through the Twilight Zone...

Inspiration for most writers comes straight from their lives. So it’s not
surprising my works all begin with those core pieces. Things I love, people I
have met, or the places that have been a part of my life become building blocks
of the foundations for my novels and short stories.

Living on both sides of the Pond has given me a diversity of inspiration to tap. I used Scotland for the setting of The Invasion of Falgannon Isle, the first book in the Sisters of Colford Hall series (Dorchester Love Spell, December 2006). However, with Riding the Thunder the second book in the series (October 2007), I drew heavily on a small part of my childhood and early teens to conjure the setting and people for my offbeat world of The Windmill. Read More...