Billyt
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Barbara Nickless:
Hey Barbara. Blood On The Tracks is next up on my reading list. Could you tell me a little more about the agency that SA Parnell works for? Is it fictional or an actual police force? My apologies if it's discussed in the book. Can't wait to read it!
Barbara Nickless
Great question! Yes, railroad police are a real entity. Like traditional police, they are POST certified officers with the same jurisprudence of arrest and investigation. As the BNSF website states, "Railroad police are provided police authority from state and local governments and are authorized interstate authority by the federal government. Our community is best described as being 32,500 miles long and 100 feet wide, crisscrossing hundreds of local and state jurisdictions along the way. Railroad police are active in all forms of police duties." And thank you, Billy, for reading my novel!
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Kim
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Barbara Nickless:
Sydney Rose seems to have developed some serious issues from her tour in Iraq. Her experiences ring as being very realistic. I'm guessing, since you were born in Guam, that you were a child in a military family. I'm curious about how you get into Sydney Rose's head. Did you serve, does it come from family experience, or is it based on research and interviews?
Chris Crossont
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Barbara Nickless:
I enjoyed the Sydney Rose books but I have to say that you got Comicgate 100% wrong. From what was in the book seemed like a wikipedia entry more so than reality. I was curious where you got your information on what is really nothing more than a consumer movement that is doing nothing more than asking for respect from the writers and publishers of legacy characters that are currently in their care?
Angelina M.
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Barbara Nickless:
Ms. Nickless, my name is Angie Adams and I belong to a book group that only reads debut novels. We have selected Blood on the Tracks to review on Thursday, September 26th. We all live in CO Spgs and of course have been thrilled to read a local writer. I would love to invite you to speak to our book group if that is something you would be interested in doing. Dare I drop Maria Faulconer's name as a fun pal?
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