The Fear Place

Comment:

Where did you get inspiration for this book?Is it from friend or family, or were you in this situation yourself?

Phyllis replied:

I’ve been afraid of heights for a long time.  When my husband and I and our two young adult sons were visiting Estes Park, my sons decided they were going to get up at 3 AM some morning and climb Long’s Peak.  I was terrified.  I thought they were supposed to have some kind of climbing equipment before a climb like that.   They had already gotten information from the park ranger, but still, I was petrified.  They had told me they had to start out very early so that they could get back before late afternoon of the next day, when storms often rolled in on the mountains.  While they were gone, I knew that the only way I could emotionally get through the day, worrying about them, was to begin writing another novel.  So even though it was about two brothers in the Rockies, at least it spread my worries around over 4 boys, not just two, and so I got a book out of a scary experience, and Mike and Jeff arrived back safely.