I love research trips. They are one of my favorite parts of the research process. Visiting a place always enhances the writing, whether because I’ve gotten a “feel” for the area (even if I later fictionalize it) or because of all the great people who help me along the way. On every trip I have had a providential meeting with someone who knew, or knew where to find, exactly the information I was … [Read more...]
Indulging My Inner Librarian
I loved going to the library as a child—whether the school library, where teachers often sent me when I had finished my work and was bored or the local library, where I would check out more books than I could carry each week in the summer. Even in college I loved poking around the library just for fun. But in 1986 I got a completely different view of the library. I accepted a job working the … [Read more...]
Mystery Post
Knowing we were visiting family out of state for the long weekend, I had a post ready to go for today. Well, ready to go except for one crucial piece of information to pull it together. Information I thought I’d receive while I was gone. Except I didn’t. So here I am at the airport waiting to board a flight home and what to write is a complete mystery to me. So I thought I’d try writing … [Read more...]
Summer Days
Summer is coming! And I’m so excited! Now, if you know me, you know this is, frankly, a miracle. I have never loved and longed for summer, as others seem to do. Why not, you ask? First, it’s hot here in Texas. And I don’t like to be hot. Or to sweat. Or to worry about sunburn on my extremely fair skin. Second, summer has always been about non-scheduled days. But the truth is that I … [Read more...]
Revisiting Savannah
Savannah, Georgia, was always one of the places I wanted to visit during my lifetime. Mostly this stemmed from my love of Eugenia Price’s books. So for our 25th anniversary (2012), my husband took me on my first trip to Savannah and St. Simon’s Island. It is still one of my favorite trips ever. A couple of weeks ago, my husband had a week-long business trip to Savannah, so of course I tagged … [Read more...]
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