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Keowee Valley & the 2013 HOLT Medallion Awards
Hi folks, I just found out that Keowee Valley has been honored with a 2013 HOLT Medallion Award of Merit by the Virginia Romance Writers! This is a particularly cool honor, not only because the VA Romance Writers are such … Continue reading
A Southern Summer Reading List
Looking for a few good books to read this summer? Just wanted to share a new board I’ve posted on Pinterest while the baby was sleeping. Called Doggone Good Southern Books, it’s a list of many of the books–novels, biographies, memoirs, nature books, … Continue reading
A New Baby
Just stopping by for a moment to introduce my May Day baby, Willoday Tiger Dodson. We’re calling her “Willa.” The names: Willoday is a family name on my husband’s father’s side and Tiger is my great-grandmother, Anna Tiger Crawford’s, maiden … Continue reading
Show & Tell Thursday – The See Ya Soon Edition
Well, folks, I am 38 weeks pregnant. I am an ocean liner. A 90 year-old with permanently creaky hips and questionable navigation. I am cranky, I am exhausted, and all I want to eat is ice cream. Right now, the only … Continue reading
Posted in Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, family, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, motherhood, pregnancy, procreation, Uncategorized, writer and mother
Tagged Christine Byl, cry me a river, Dirt Work, Ella Fitzgerald, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, NCIS, pregnancy, third trimester, Tiva
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For the Beauty of the Earth
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. ~ William Shakespeare All over the world today, people are celebrating Earth Day. What began in 1970 as … Continue reading
Posted in Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, spring, Uncategorized
Tagged conservation, Earth Day, Earth Day quotes, environmentalism, Folliott S. Pierpont, for the beauty of the earth, Gaylord Nelson, Katherine Scott Crawford, quotations, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, spirituality
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Show & Tell Friday – Food, Books & Retreats Edition
I am officially 37 weeks pregnant. This week, my 3 1/2 year-old said, “Mama, you sure do look funny with that great big belly.” This just proves what I suspected when I had the said 3 1/2 year-old: Nature never … Continue reading
Posted in Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, creativity, fellowships, grants, inspiration, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, MFA in Writing, mystery, retreats, Vermont College of Fine Arts, writing scholarships
Tagged Africa, Alaska, Dana Stabenow, inspiration, Isak Dinesen, Katherine Scott Crawford, macaroni and cheese, Out of Africa, Storyknife Writers Retreat, Thomas Jefferson, writers retreats
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Shoeless Joe, the Colonial South, Writing & More: A New Author Interview
There’s a new author interview with me today over at Jim Lomas’s very funny and very cool cycling, music, and more blog, “Fables of the Deconstruction.” Full disclosure: Jimmy has been a friend of my husband’s since they were kids. … Continue reading
Posted in Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, bloggers, creativity, first novel, historical fiction, historical novel, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, literary agents, muse, NC, novel, reviewers, Reviews, writing
Tagged author interview, Fables of the Deconstruction, first novel, historical fiction, Jim Lomas, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, Kinsella, literary agents, publishing, Shakespeare, Shoeless Joe
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New Events for August & September
Monday, Monday … so good to me … And we’ll stop there. Because the rest of the song gets a little depressing. I’m excited to announce two new events in which I’ve been asked to participate in August and September: * The Birchwood … Continue reading
Posted in Asheville, Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, first novel, historical fiction, historical novel, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, mountains, NC, Uncategorized
Tagged Birchwood Center for Arts and Folklife, book author fair, Burnsville, Carolina Mountains Literary Festival, Elizabeth Kostova, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, Mount Mitchell, NC, new events, SC, Table Rock, The Historian, The Swan Thieves
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Interview & Book Giveaway
Hi, all. Happy Friday! Just wanted to share a new interview I participated in over at blogger-writer-PR expert Hallie Sawyer’s blog. It was great fun to do; in it I get to talk about all sorts of good stuff, including Cherokee history, the … Continue reading
Posted in Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, bloggers, creativity, first novel, historical fiction, historical novel, inspiration, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, motherhood, NC, Reviews, writer and mother, writing
Tagged book giveaway, favorite authors, Hallie Sawyer, interview, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley
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Show & Tell Friday (okay, Thursday) – The Local Edition
* I’m posting this today because I’ll be away from my desk all day tomorrow. Enjoy! Oh, Spring has officially sprung! (Winter, cover your ears.) This week it hit a high of 82 in my mountains–yes, I like to call … Continue reading
Posted in Asheville, Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, family, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, motherhood, mountains, NC, warm weather
Tagged Assault on the Carolinas, Braveheart, Clemson University, Cradle of Forestry, debate team, first book, Katherine Scott Crawford, mad Irishman, memoir, miscarriage, North of Hope, Shannon Huffman Polson, SheWrites
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