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My character-driven historical fiction grips readers' emotions and surprises them with unexpected twists. In Silk: Caroline's Story, the first installment of The Silk Trilogy, “The social realism of Jane Austen meets the Southern Gothic of Flannery O’Connor.” It's 1899 in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, and Caroline must choose between the town doctor and a good-natured farmer, all the while oblivious to a young sociopath who is not about to let this happen. Full of laughter and heartache—with a sinister thread—the next two generations of the family continue the trilogy in Tapestry: A Lowcountry Rapunzel and Homespun. Other novels are in the works, but I often feel more like blathering about my reading and writing than actually doing it, so I've opened this venue for sharing my thoughts with you—about books already written (by me and by others), those yet to come, and a few about life in general! Don't forget to sign up for my free newsletter on the right-hand sidebar.

Sunday, April 7, 2019

Walking the Boundaries by Christopher Scott


This book was a little-too-late nostalgic indulgence for me, as my dear friend and writing mentor passed away recently. He wrote and published these anecdotes of a bygone era before I even knew him. While I enjoyed Christopher Scott's fictional writings, I delighted even more in hearing, this time, about how he became and worked as a land agent, so long ago in England. It was as though we were immersed in a different chapter of Downton Abbey. Charming and oh-so-proper, for the most part.  I'm sorry I didn't read them in time to ask him about them, but the book, along with his novels, is a keepsake I will treasure.