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Tag Archives: history
Show & Share Wednesday: What I’m Reading, Listening to, & Watching Now
Hi, friends! I sure hope y’all are hanging in there. Here we are, already in September, and our world has changed in ways not many of us (even those of us with very willing suspensions of disbelief) could have imagined. … Continue reading
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Tagged 90210, Archie, Audie Award, audiobooks, books, camp, campy, Covid-19, Dawson's Creek, Felicity, global pandemic, gothic, history, Hope Through History, Inspector Gamache, Jesmyn Ward, Jon Meacham, Jughead, Katherine Scott Crawford, Louise Penny, must see tv, podcast, podcasts, Ralph Cosham, Riverdale, show and tell, sleep, sleeplessness, Still Life, TV, Vanity Fair, Wednesday
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New favorite podcast: Hope Through History
I am listening to the podcast HOPE THROUGH HISTORY on my walks, in order to remind myself of the America I love and which is worth fighting for, but more for the reminder that there have been and will continue … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American history, apple podast, election, FDR, for love of country, Franklin Roosevelt, Great Depression, history, Hope Through History, Jon Meacham, Katherine Scott Crawford, podcast, presidency, president, presidential history, rock the vote, United States, vote
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Keowee Valley only 99 cents now through July 31st
Looking for a historical adventure to dive into this summer? Set in the gorgeous, wild, and dangerous Carolina backcountry in the years leading up to the American Revolution? Starring an audacious woman bound and determined to pilot her own life, … Continue reading
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Tagged 99 cents, Adriana Trigiani, American Revolution, book list, books, Carolinas, Cherokee, colonial period, eBook, Fire Eater, historical adventure, historical fiction, history, Jack, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, North Carolina, Pat Conroy, Quinn, Revolutionary war, Ridge Runner, Ron Rash, sale, South Carolina, Southern literature, summer reading, Tommy Hays, what to read next
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National Reading Day with the Cosmopolitan Woman’s Club
I was lucky enough to spent National Reading Day 2020 with the lovely ladies of the Cosmopolitan Woman’s Club of Seneca, South Carolina. I am telling y’all, there is nothing more fun than ladies who lunch–in order to do good … Continue reading
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Tagged author events, backcountry, book clubs, Book Talk, Carolina, Cherokee Indians, Collins Children's Home, colonial frontier, colonial period, Cosmo Club, Cosmopolitan Woman's Club, good works, historical adventure, historical fiction, history, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, National Reading Day, readers, residential living, Revolutionary war, SC, Seneca, Southern literature, upcountry
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What Would Quinn Do?
To go directly to my guest post at Bell Bridge Books, “What Would Quinn Do?” click here. Fall may be my favorite season. It’s more than the trees and mountains around my town awash in red, orange, and gold, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1760s, 99 cents, American Indian, American Revolution, Appalachian mountains, Autumn, Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, blog, books, Cherokee Indians, colonial era, eBook, essay, Fall, guest post, historical adventure, historical fiction, history, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, mountains, musing, Native American, North Carolina, promotion, Quincy McFadden, Quinn, Quinn and Jack, Revolutionary war, South Carolina, What would Quinn do, WNC
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MountainTop Writers Retreat in Bold Life magazine + Keowee Valley for a steal
Recently I had the honor of being interviewed and photographed by Bold Life magazine, an … Continue reading
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Tagged 99 cents, Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, Bold Life, Cherokee Indians, debut novel, Earthshine Lodge, ebooks, Elizabeth Lassiter, fiction, for writers, frontier, get away, historical fiction, history, Karin Strickland, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, magazine, mountains, MountainTop Writers Retreat, novelist, Quinn and Jack, Revolutionary war, SC, Southern literature, steal of a deal, upcountry, WNC, write your book, writer's colony, writer's retreat, writing
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Keowee Valley on sale now through 11.15.19 for only $0.99!
Frost has settled on the hills and mountains of the high country. Fires are burning bright. It’s the first of November, and Autumn is finally here. It’s the perfect time to cozy up with a good book! To hear what … Continue reading
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Tagged Adriana Trigiani, adventure, American Indians, American Revolution, Appalachian fiction, author, backcountry, Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, Beverly Swerling, Cherokee, colonial South Carolina, Darci Hannah, debut novel, fiction, first novel, frontier, historical adventure, historical fiction, history, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, Native Americans, North Carolina, Pat Conroy, Quinn and Jack, Revolutionary war, romance, Ron Rash, South Carolina, Southern fiction, Southern literature, Tommy Hays, Western North Carolina
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Because of 80,000 words: A new novel excerpt
Today I hit 80,000 words on the first draft of my novel manuscript. This is a big deal, y’all. My kids are 9 and 6. The last time I hit 80,000 words on a novel manuscript was over a decade … Continue reading
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Tagged 80000 words, adventure, amwriting, author, Charleston, first draft, ghost story, historical adventure, historical fiction, historical novel, history, Katherine Scott Crawford, new work, novel, novelist, rough draft, SC, Southern literature, word count, writer, writing
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New scene–with coffee!–from my historical novel-in-progress
Hi, folks. Here’s a sneak peak at a scene from the VERY rough, very first draft of my historical novel-in-progress. Just to whet your history whistle on a Wednesday morning. The scene came about because of the very unusual hot … Continue reading
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Tagged 1804, 2004, amwriting, art restoration, Charleston, Charleston Museum, first draft, Heyward-Washington House, historical adventure, historical fiction, historical novel, history, Katherine Scott Crawford, miniature portrait, novel in progress, novelist, parallel time, regency Charleston, Regency period, rough draft, SC, time jump, time traveler, timeslip, WIP, work in progress
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