And More Research for SPIRIT WIND
Because I mentioned the police station, I had to see what Tehachapi's was like. I think the young officer at the window thought I might be a bit bonkers, but he graciously answered my question about what the interview rooms were like, and I could see for myself what the waiting room looked like.
I made up the coffee shop and the fancy steak restaurant, but I used a couple of place I actually visited and enjoyed a meal.
I researched the Indians from the area because I wrote about them too.
Because I wrote about the place to view the railroad trains turn around and pass themselves, even though I'd been there before I went again, It's always fascinating. I also wanted to make sure that if you left from there what it would be like to get into town. I also traveled along some curvy mountain roads in remote areas to make sure the ranch house I made up, where the spirit in the wind turns up, could actually be.
When I went to a book signing in Tehachapi, several people told me they knew exactly where some of the places I'd made up were located. Fun!
Marilyn
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