I’m now excavating the final layer of letters and papers in my mother’s Blue Box; the upper levels have given me the impetus and the materials for my two previous books.
The Fruits of the Past Five Years
It has taken many years, many rejections, disappointments and sidetracks, to get to the place I wanted to be when I published my first book in the 1960s.
My Next Book After My Next Book
How fortunate I am to have access to this incredibly rich trove of letters! Now that letter writing is at an end, there will be no more such collections.
Clifford
Writing to “My Dear Mary”—her niece and my mother—in 1954, Rose Caperton explained that the three leather-bound books she was sending had belonged to Mary’s great-great-great grandmother.
Weaving the Threads of Historical Fiction: Ingenuity, Research, Integrity
Margaret could watch, she could listen, and she could learn—and I learned along with her through research, thought, and writing and rewriting her story.
Fabulous Women
Here is the proof, internationally as well as nationally: women do more than survive; we lead.
Recording Two Women’s Friendship
What did these two stout scrapbooks mean to my mother?
2017 SOKY Book Fest: Panel – Nonfiction
This year at the Southern Kentucky Book Fest I will be presenting a workshop on memoir writing on Friday afternoon and also be part of a nonfiction panel on Saturday morning.
2017 SOKY Book Fest: Workshop
This year at the Southern Kentucky Book Fest I will be presenting a workshop on memoir writing on Friday afternoon and also be part of a nonfiction panel on Saturday morning.
How to Celebrate
What a party it was!