Stacy: Book 2 will be coming out from Spellbound River this time next year. Me: Have you got another book in the pipeline? Stacy: Sam is a composite of girls I’ve had in my class over the years who have fought their way on the playing field with the boys at recess. Me: Is Sam’s character based on a real person, a composite of people, or is she completely fictitious? The expert that I spoke to said it would never work because when she was in high school she convinced a number of her softball friends to try out for baseball. When I was doing research I played around with the idea that Sam was at a camp and forced to play softball so she convinced a bunch of girls to form their own baseball team. And just because you are good at one sport it, doesn’t mean that you are good at the other. The pitching is different, the fielding is different. Softball is a great sport, but it isn’t the same as baseball. My favorite movie growing up was Blue Skies Again, a story about a girl who gets on to a minor league team. Stacy: Sam plays baseball because I grew up as a Mets fan and a baseball lover. Me: Why does your main character want to play baseball? Why not softball?
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