An Old Familiar Place

Game On! First signing at Atlanta Bread Cherrydale Point in Greenville, SC was awesome! Thank you, Jeff and Amber Massey for hosting us! It was great to see old friends from the past, new ones I had never met in person, and those that have kept in touch through the years. From as far away as Waynesville and Hendersonville, NC they came! And locals from Simpsonville, Easley, Piedmont, Travelers Rest, Greenville, Taylors—I couldn't believe it. I started signing at a little past 5:00 and hubs and I didn't leave until 9:00. I was able to get a few pictures, but if you were there and you have some to send me, please email to janegaddywrites@gmail.com . I will love you for that!   Thanks to Claudia Burns for assisting me with this first signing. She is an incredible friend and stuck right with me till the end. She used her power and influence to get us in the TR electronic paper. They ran a great ad with a photo of the book cover. Travelers Rest is such a grand place to b...

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. ...