About
Over 20 years ago Wannabe ballerina K. Crumley hung up her point shoes, and sat down at the typewriter. A long-time lover of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, Brothers Grimm, and Oscar Wilde led her to create stories of her own. The most notable was The Golden Rose. Crumley enrolled in Writer's Digest School for short fiction writing and improved her craft. Ms. Crumley branched out, and began to create horror stories like Carousel, and more mature stories such as the novella Wishful Thinking, in which the protagonist is coincidentally a ballerina.
Does K. Crumley ever regret her changing careers, from dancing to writing. In a word: No.
"It's all up from here" Crumley states, as she launches her own small press Dragondreamz Publications, along with the quarterly periodical Full Armor Magazine.
Story Behind The Book
I think it's pretty obvious that this story was inspired by the Ben Rothlesberger rape cases. I had real issues with the fact that (in my educated opinion) he is guilty, and seemed to just get away with it...
People still star-worshiped him, and praised him for his athletic skill...even though (to me) he was nothing more than a common criminal.
I needed a creative way to express my outrage, and this story became just that for me.
This real life case was not the only inspiration for this short story. The television show NCIS lent some inspiration to the character Astrid; as did the episode about rubber masks and disguises.
Col. Briggs was inspired by the character J.R. Ewing from Dallas.
