An Old Familiar Place

Rachel, After the Darkness went live at the publisher today! And right now, I'm in Seventh Heaven! Soon I will post the schedule for signings, hoping that all of you, my friends, will join me at one or two of these events. I can't thank you enough for standing by me and for supporting my books. I have some wonderful opportunities coming my way. Mine is to be found faithful with my purpose for writing, always to honor the Lord with content and in the signing venues. This is my opportunity to give something in return for what my ancestors did for me in the preservation of the Old South, even to giving their lives for a Cause that seemed, at the time, lost, indeed. From here the flame will never die. Our Mississippians fought till the end to protect and preserve a way of life. I can do no less, if only on paper. Maintaining principles tinctured  by the blood of Revolutionary patriots, illustrated by brilliant military genius, borne forward by the in...

Rachel, After the Darkness— The exhausting job of proofing the book block and cover copy is over, and soon I will see the final proofs before we call this book published! I can hardly wait. This is not easy. The worst part is handing it back to the publisher for the final dip. It has my blood, sweat and tears all over it. There is at least one error in every book that has ever been published, but I crave a perfect book. To clear my personal hang-ups, I went to the shelves at Barnes and Noble and laid my hand on Gone With The Wind . I own a copy of this timeless tome, but I wanted to do it this way, so I opened it, and you know the intimidation of a book designed with two columns on a page, like The Complete and Unabridged Works of  Flavius Josephus ! Yes, I opened it to the middle part of the book and, low and behold, a mistake on that very page. I looked no further. I was convinced. So if you go searching my book for a mistake, please don't tell me. ...