Category Archives: BelleBooks

Show & Tell Friday – the Forgive Me Edition

Posted on January 31, 2014 by

Hi, folks. I’m on a major deadline for Monday, and my 4 year-old’s preschool was let out early one day this week and cancelled for three days due to snow and ice. Less than two inches of it (it’s the … Continue reading →

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New Review at Book-alicious Mama

Posted on January 22, 2014 by

Woke up this morning to find a new review of Keowee Valley over at Book-alicious Mama, a fantastic–and fantastically thorough, interesting, and smart–book blog written by Jennifer Smeth. I’m a follower, because Jennifer blogs daily about great books, answering all … Continue reading →

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Show & Tell Friday: the Facebook Edition

Posted on January 17, 2014 by

Hi, folks. Happy Friday! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Today I’m sharing a few things my Facebook friends have shared with me: 1.) Magical photographs of life on a Russian farm These are pictures a Russian photographer/mama took of … Continue reading →

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Writing a Newspaper Column & in Need of Advice

Posted on January 16, 2014 by

I’m happy to announce that soon I’ll be writing a weekly column for The Greenville News in Greenville, South Carolina. Greenville is where I grew up, and The Greenville News is the place where I earned my first paycheck as a writer. The … Continue reading →

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Keowee Valley the Daily Deal on Amazon – TODAY only $1.99

Posted on January 10, 2014 by

Hi, all! Happiest of Fridays to you all! After 11 days in Vermont in sub-Artic temperatures, 3 plane trips and delayed luggage, I’m finally back home with my family. Happiness! More on my time at the Vermont College of Fine … Continue reading →

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Tak’ a Cup o’ Kindness

Posted on December 31, 2013 by

On this New Year’s Eve, I wanted to thank you all for being so good to me over the past year–for reading my novel, Keowee Valley, and falling in love with its characters–especially Quinn and Jack–and the wild Carolina frontier, … Continue reading →

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Show & Tell Friday: The Preparing for Christmas Edition

Posted on December 13, 2013 by

Happy Friday to you all! Some good stuff to share this second-to-last Friday before Christmas! (Crazy, right?!) 1.) Michael McIntyre – “People with no kids don’t know” Lately, trying to successfully parent two children under the age of five (one … Continue reading →

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Magical Omens & Great Snowy Owls

Posted on December 10, 2013 by

Sometimes, magic happens when you least expect it. It’s easy to miss, in our every day lives, our eyes so used to unnatural light, trained to the tiny things, to the rectangles of our iPhones and our computer screens. I … Continue reading →

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No Posts This Week … Well, Except for This One

Posted on December 2, 2013 by

Hi, all. Happy December! Hope y’all had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving. Despite our epic trip to see my in-laws, we did. Hallelujah. Just wanted to let y’all know that I won’t be posting any this week; I’ve got a … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Show & Tell: The Grace Kelly JFK Interview

Posted on November 23, 2013 by

It’s been a doozy of a week. And while I’d love to write here in detail about the anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the man, and his dreams for America (I’d never known he integrated the Peace … Continue reading →

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