Born in the mid 1940s, Rhudy, one of the first of the baby-boomer generation; actively interacted with older aunts, uncles and grandparents, many from the pre-1900s era.   Every relative had a story to tell about the good old days, about their pioneer ancestors, farming and the many antics they pulled as children themselves.   Then, the conversations changed tone to the more serious matters that they and their children were faced with; how crime escalated over the years and how they confronted these issues.   Each generation added more unique stories of mirth and suspense which have found their way into Rhudy's mental archives. Before I sat down at my typewriter to begin the Roaring Falls series, several months were previously consumed building a short backgrounder, sufficient for the time period intended for this murder mystery to take place.   Although I knew better than to write before developing a backstory; working only from the backgrounder, several perplexing discrepancies came to light; exactly like those I am called on daily to repair in other authors works, who had the good fortune of being called on to produce sequels. I knew where I wanted to go with the Roaring Falls series, and was eager to get started.   My goal was to build the worlds largest detective agency who hires only the finest top notch detectives, capable of solving the type of crimes often relegated to the unsolved cases file.   However, I wanted much more than just the average detective work type of novel; I wanted to follow the lives of the characters, their many tribulations, their love life and the history of their fine city. To get back on track, it was imperative I follow the same steps a publisher takes to build a backstory template.   A solid foundation from which I could quickly build whatever backgrounder required for any time period, setting and situation, using any group of characters.   During this process of building each element of this backstory, I came to the realization of how much time it would take, before I would have even the major elements completed.   The more I worked at it, the farther back in time it kept taking me.   Fortunately, I discovered the starting point for my backstory before reaching as far back as Adam and Eve. The process of building a backstory of this magnitude has taken me down many paths never considered.   My intended murder mystery now contains numerous historical elements and characters, building up to the establishment and development of the detective agency.   The lives and romances of characters whose children establish and build the city of Roaring Falls from pioneer days up to the present metropolis.   Every feature of a major metropolitan city, including tourism, entertainment and crime are now established from inception to deception. After the generic backstory was firmly established, the process of building the individual backgrounders for each major break in the time periods became my next goal.   Building a backgrounder is in essence like writing the story itself, only here, due to covering a 175 year time span, I attacked the historic aspect of the city itself as a backgrounder covering the entire history of the city of Roaring Falls. Rather than writing individual stand alone novels, based on random time periods, in differing areas of the city; to ensure longevity of the series, I have decided to write each novel sequentially.   Beginning with a historical series, covering the growth of the city and its families, which would of necessity create a spin-off romance series, giving a better in-depth view of the couples and their lives.   The historical series would run through the start of the detective agency and its growth, slowly merging the historical series and allowing it to evolve into the mystery series. Often called "That Mysterious Mystery Solving Mayor of Roaring Falls," Rhudy claims he solves no crimes, nor does he appear in the stories; he allows the unraveling of each mystery be conducted by the world-renowned Rumbleigh Investigations.   Dutch Rhudy chuckles when called "The Keeper of the Keys and Honorary Mayor of Picturesque Roaring Falls."   Only he knows the key that there is much more about Roaring Falls than appears on the surface; If there is a secret to discover; a scandal, a sinister character, a hidden romance, or clue for solving a crime; someone will invariably let it slip out.