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Tag Archives: Brevard
Show & Tell Friday – the Forgive Me Edition
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
Posted in Asheville, Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, bloggers, Katherine Scott Crawford, writer and mother, writing
Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Brevard, Katherine Scott Crawford, Locals Only Award, mother writer, motherhood, Native Eyewear, NC, school cancelled, snow day, The Newsroom, writing
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Magical Omens & Great Snowy Owls
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
Posted in article, Asheville, Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, Christmas, Christmas spirit, creativity, inspiration, Katherine Scott Crawford, mountains, muse, mystery, NC
Tagged AP, Brevard, great snowy owl, magic, NC, omens, record snowy owl numbers, winter
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Show & Tell Friday: Fall Festivities & Quotes to Ponder On
I still look like I did last week. But I’m powering through. Some good stuff to share on this cold October weekend: 1.) Halloweenfest & Osktoberfest in Transylvania County I live in Transylvania County, North Carolina, and if you haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, creativity, Fall, family, inspiration, Katherine Scott Crawford, life, motherhood, mountains, NC, writing
Tagged Autumn, bluegrass, Brevard, brewery, Buddha, Confucius, Fall, Halloweenfest, John Le Carre, live music, Mountain Music Mash, NC, Oskar Blues, Osktoberfest, Pisgah Forest, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Stingy Jack's Pumpkin Patch, Transylvania County, WNC
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Show & Tell Friday: Monster Turtles, Mountains & More
Happy August, everyone! What a July it was–hot, muggy, rainy, busy and fun. My baby girl is officially 3 months old, and I can hardly believe it. When you were a kid, didn’t it annoy you how grown-ups used to always … Continue reading
Posted in Asheville, Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, fellowships, first novel, historical fiction, historical novel, inspiration, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, motherhood, mountains, NC, retreats, time passing, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged A Hundred Summers, A Trail of Fire, Beatriz Williams, Birchwood Book and Author Fair, Brevard, Diana Gabaldon, father videotapes son, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, land of waterfalls, monster turtle, NC, Quincy MacFadden, Quinn and Jack, SC, snapping turtle, South Carolina history, Sunset, Table Rock State Park, The Reserve at Lake Keowee, Transylvania County, UK father films son for year, video of one year-old
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Show & Tell Friday: Summer Solstice Edition (& a little early)
Hey, all! Today is the Summer Solstice: the longest day of the year, the official first day of summer, and, as it so happens, my husband’s birthday! Oh, how I love the summer. Sunday was the first night I’d noticed … Continue reading
Posted in Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, historical fiction, historical novel, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, motherhood, NC, Uncategorized
Tagged Ashenden, Beautiful Ruins, Bradley Carter, Brevard, Deborah Harkness, High Tide, J.K. Rowling, Jess Walter, Lauren Groff, Locals Only Project, Monsters of Templeton, Native Eyewear, Shannon Whitworth, summer movies, The Casual Vacancy, The Real Job, True Women
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Show & Tell Friday: the Ides of March Edition
Ah, the infamous ides of March: the first month of the year in the original Roman calendar (the Romans celebrated the New Year from March 1st until today), the day in 44 B.C. when Julius Caesar was assassinated by members … Continue reading
Posted in Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, historical fiction, historical novel, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, mountains, NC, neighbors, Uncategorized
Tagged Albert Einstein, Assault on the Carolinas, Brevard, Clemson University, Denise Kiernan, Harlem Shake, ides of March, Katherine Scott Crawford, Manhattan Project, NC, quotations, The Girls of Atomic City, Women's History Month, WWII
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Amazon’s The Big Deal (and other news)
Hi, all! Happy December! This weekend my family went to the woods (literally) to cut down our Christmas tree. Then we took part in The Twilight Festival, my favorite of Brevard, North Carolina’s many celebrations. There was an ice luge, … Continue reading
Posted in Asheville, Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, Christmas, Christmas spirit, family, first novel, historical fiction, historical novel, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, mountains, NC, novel, Publicity
Tagged Amazon, book party, Brevard, discount, Highland Books, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, Kindle, NC, promotions, The Big Deal
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Reading Tonight at Brevard College
Happy Belated Thanksgiving, everyone! Hope you had a relaxing and delicious-food-filled few days with family and friends. Some news: Three other Brevard College professors and I will be reading from our recently published works (me from Keowee Valley, of course) … Continue reading
Recap of My Latest Presentation, and Off to the Parkway
On Tuesday I gave a presentation at the Transylvania County Library in my little town of Brevard, North Carolina. Called “The Slanted Truth: When Fiction Meets History,” I talked about the ins and outs of writing historical fiction, Keowee Valley, … Continue reading
Posted in Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, Fall, first novel, historical fiction, historical novel, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, mountains, NC, reviewers
Tagged Bag Lunch Arts Series, Blue Ridge Parkway, Brevard, historical fiction, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, novel presentation, Transylvania County Library
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