During Story Tours to Britain, my days were filled with book-related adventures -- many of them planned. We met authors of children's and adult books and explored places with literary and historical significance. Authors told us hows, and whys behind their books: How a woman could write convincingly in a male voice. Why picture books are not as simple to create as they look. How some authors seek a place to give them the kernel of a story. When we explored Belton House, the kernel for one author's book, we were introduced to a ghost. (chapter 1) After visiting the Bronte home in Haworth, we wa...