This is the second part of my interview with Deborah Hale, author of Confessions of a Courtesan.

Deborah Hale, author of Confessions of a Courtesan, answered some questions about her life and her writing career for me. I hope you enjoy reading her answers.

Confessions of a Courtesan, an historical fiction novel, was written by Deborah Hale. In this book full of history, romance, and drama, you get to see how once penniless and homeless Elizabeth Bridget Cane became one of the most respected women in the empire.

Some truly wacky festivals are held in the South each fall. Perhaps your character is a contestant in the Great Outhouse Blowout and Race. Maybe he is researching the famous Colonel Sanders and travels to the World Chicken Festival.

When you make a cake, do you use flour or flower? Does for, fore, or four come after three? Is a chicken a foul or fowl? Will water frees, freeze, or frieze when the temperatures are super cold? Have fun learning about these homonyms and many others in this article.

How much writing will you do on I Love to Write Day? Will you write a tongue twister in celebration of National Tongue Twister Day? For how long will you study the Fibonacci sequence on Fibonacci Day? Are you going to eat a cookie on Cookie Monster's Birthday?

How many sandwiches will you eat on National Sandwich Day? Will you make a pizza on National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day? Will you have an x-ray taken on X-Ray Day? What will you make for dinner on Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day?

The Last Confession is a short story written by Ethan Jones. It only took me ten or fifteen minutes to read it, but those few minutes were definitely not wasted.

These holidays all have to do with food or other things that one would associate with Halloween, or they just happen to occur on the same day as the spookiest day of the year.

Does your story need a monster that appears to be human? Beings like clones and mutants appear to be completely normal individuals. They could be evil or heroic. From a clamor of clones to a fellowship of wizards, I invite you to explore the supernatural human class collective nouns.