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2015 is already shaping up to be an exciting year. Only February and I have two novels at the editors, two more fully written and in the stages of being polished up, and another that’s gotten a good start. It seems like every week that goes by the notebook that I keep to write ideas for novels, short stories, songs, poems, and screenplays is getting fuller and fuller. Just in the last weekend alone I wrote out three new story ideas that could be used as standalone novels and I worked out a few key storyline points for larger works. I’m full of great ideas for writing…except when it comes to blogging.

A New Year Upon Us

As we dive into the New Year I can’t help but look back at last year as being a success for my writing. I set a goal to have six books published and up for sale in that year’s span and while four of them were up for sale, the final two were finished and if it hadn’t been for a vendor issue, they would have been published on time. Both should be on my website, www.leifericksonwriting.com sometime in early January. With six books online already, what does 2015 hold for Leif Erickson Writing?

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Ghost Town, Novel, Revenge, Story Telling, Whiterock, Writing

Ghost Town

In my final blog about the ‘Ghost Town’ series, I’m going to look at the entire series and where the inspirations and motivations came from. To map out a nine-part series from beginning to end is a daunting task, trying to detail all the people who come in and out of the series, how they interact with each other, and keeping the story fresh, congruent, and interesting.

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Tesla Sisters

Continuing with my blogs focusing on the ‘Ghost Town’ novel series, this blog will look at the two sisters in the book, Michelle and Madison Tesla. Both of these women play big roles within the series, staying with the story from start to finish. Both women are strong and intense, determined and active with a feminine side that they try to keep hidden.

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Doctor Victor Tesla, Ghost Town, Ghost Town Labs, Novel, Revenge, Whiterock

Ghost Town Labs

In continuing with my Q & A blogs about the ‘Ghost Town’ series of novels, this blog will focus on the fictional company in the series, Ghost Town Labs. Have you even seen a company that just seems to do what it wants, doesn’t care at all for the rules, and somehow, just pushes others around? That’s the inspiration that I used for Ghost Town Labs.

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Ethan Drew

Continuing with the ‘Ghost Town’ themed blogs, which I’m still taking questions for, today I’m going to write about the main character in the first book, Ethan Drew. The first novel is seen through the eyes of Ethan, narrated from his journal. Ethan has no idea what he’s in for when he first arrives in Whiterock nor does he put the pieces together very quickly. The mystery surrounding the area engulfs him to the point that Ethan’s fate is intertwined with that of Whiterock.