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Behind the Brand: The Making of Falcon Hollow
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Publisher: Falcon Hollow Publishing
Published: Jun 2 2026
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Behind the Brand: The Making of Falcon Hollow is the story behind the creation of a fictional town that gradually became much more than a setting for a series of mystery novels.
What began as a simple writing project eventually grew into an interconnected world of books, maps, websites, newspapers, history projects, and community stories. But none of it happened all at once. Falcon Hollow was built piece by piece over several years through exploration, experimentation, and a steady stream of questions that often led in unexpected directions.
In this behind-the-scenes look at the development of the Falcon Hollow universe, author D. Patrick Dillon traces the journey from an early college project and a detective named Candace Price to the creation of Detective Duke Mantz, the town of Falcon Hollow, and the expanding collection of stories that followed. Along the way, readers will discover how locations were created, how the town found its identity, why the Falcon Hollow Gazette came into existence, and how a simple author website evolved into a fictional community with a life of its own.
More than a discussion of writing techniques or publishing decisions, Behind the Brand explores the creative process itself. It examines the false starts, abandoned ideas, unexpected discoveries, and surprising moments that shaped Falcon Hollow into what it is today. Through personal reflections and behind-the-scenes stories, Dillon reveals how one idea led to another until a fictional town began to feel remarkably real.
Whether you're a reader of the Falcon Hollow series, a writer interested in worldbuilding, or simply someone fascinated by the creative journey behind a long-term project, Behind the Brand offers an honest look at how stories evolve, how ideas grow, and how a single creative spark can become something far larger than originally imagined.
Sometimes the most interesting story isn't the one on the page-it's the story of how that page came to exist in the first place.
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