When We Were Sisters

Interested in how a novelist thinks? Here are some images I pinned as I worked on When We Were Sisters, which arrives at bookstores June 1. Tattoos, coal mining towns, controlled burns and cover shoots. I have an interesting job.
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two people shaking hands in front of a window with the words, kris and cecilia are always polite to each other
When We Were Sisters: Robin Speaks - Emilie Richards
Robin
In preparation for the launch of When We Were Sisters on May 31, enjoy these snippets from my characters' autobiographies. Today, Robin. Adrenal Dysfunction, Natural Face Moisturizer, Migraine Prevention, Hands Holding, Body Ache, Migraine Headaches, Brain Fog, Natural Face, Chronic Fatigue
When We Were Sisters: Robin Speaks - Emilie Richards
In preparation for the launch of When We Were Sisters on May 31, enjoy these snippets from my characters' autobiographies. Today, Robin.
a woman sitting on top of a wooden bench
When We Were Sisters: Robin Speaks - Emilie Richards
Robin
Robin True Friends, Laughing So Hard, Big Sister, Good Job, Little Sisters, Fall In Love, In Love
When We Were Sisters: Robin Speaks - Emilie Richards
Robin
an old run down house sitting in the middle of a grassy area next to two houses
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A color photograph of a faded two story wood house. Windows are missing and boards replace several of the openings. One house that did not survive well when the miners moved away.
a town with lots of houses and trees in the foreground on a cloudy day
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Color photograph of several rows of patch houses. Constructed by Washington Cola and Coke in the 1890s
an old black and white photo of people standing in front of tents
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A large tent colony of evicted strikers and their families fill this photograph. What a history to consider.
a tunnel in the woods with trees and grass on both sides, surrounded by branches
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Photograph of a brush overgrown tubular entrance. Credit: Courtesy of The Coal and Coke Heritage Center, Penn State Fayette, www.coalandcokepsu.org/ A "manway" is an entry used exclusively for personnel to travel form the shaft bottom or drift mouth to the working section; it is always on the intake air side in gassy mines. Also, a small passage at one side or both sides of a breast, used as a traveling way for the miner, and sometimes, as an airway, or chute, or both.
a map of the state with all county names and their respective cities in red on white
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a woman taking a photo of people walking down a dirt road in the distance, with trees and grass behind her
Backstage Pass: Behind The Scenes of the WHEN WE WERE SISTERS Cover Shoot
I hope she had a fabulous telephoto lens. So far away.
two people are standing in a field with purple flowers and one person is holding a camera
Backstage Pass: Behind The Scenes of the WHEN WE WERE SISTERS Cover Shoot
I think maybe this is the moment they got the cover shot they used on the book.
The clothes might look like they belong in Florida, but the shoot was in Canada. Brrr. . . Aren't these little girls adorable? The Clothes, Florida
Backstage Pass: Behind The Scenes of the WHEN WE WERE SISTERS Cover Shoot
The clothes might look like they belong in Florida, but the shoot was in Canada. Brrr. . . Aren't these little girls adorable?
three people in a field with one taking pictures
Backstage Pass: Behind The Scenes of the WHEN WE WERE SISTERS Cover Shoot
Candid photo from the actual cover shoot.
an old black and white photo of a town in the middle of nowhere with mountains in the background
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A view of the Collier Mine tipple and mine buildings.