Book Tour Schedule
Heads Up for my readers in New Jersey. My upcoming Book Tour begins on
Friday 6th May, 5 --7 pm at the Old Bookshop of Bordentown (NJ);
Saturday 7th May 11--4 pm at Allaire State Park, Farmingdale, NJ (NJ History Day);
Tuesday 10 May 7 pm at Bordentown Historical Society in Bordentown.
Now that the snow has finally left New Jersey for the season, anyway…….a friend is coming to stay with my two literary cats, Lady Jane and Mz Lizzie allowing me to spend a week in the north country breaking bread and sipping wine with my good friends in between bookings and interviews.
The excitement builds, the magnetic pull of Bordentown is still as strong as ever.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Book Tour Schedule
Heads Up for my readers in New Jersey. My upcoming Book Tour begins on
Friday 6th May, 5 --7 pm at the Old Bookshop of Bordentown (NJ);
Saturday 7th May 11--4 pm at Allaire State Park, Farmingdale, NJ (NJ History Day);
Tuesday 10 May 7 pm at Bordentown Historical Society in Bordentown.
Now that the snow has finally left New Jersey for the season, anyway…….a friend is coming to stay with my two literary cats, Lady Jane and Mz Lizzie allowing me to spend a week in the north country breaking bread and sipping wine with my good friends in between bookings and interviews.
The excitement builds, the magnetic pull of Bordentown is still as strong as ever.
Friday 6th May, 5 --7 pm at the Old Bookshop of Bordentown (NJ);
Saturday 7th May 11--4 pm at Allaire State Park, Farmingdale, NJ (NJ History Day);
Tuesday 10 May 7 pm at Bordentown Historical Society in Bordentown.
Now that the snow has finally left New Jersey for the season, anyway…….a friend is coming to stay with my two literary cats, Lady Jane and Mz Lizzie allowing me to spend a week in the north country breaking bread and sipping wine with my good friends in between bookings and interviews.
The excitement builds, the magnetic pull of Bordentown is still as strong as ever.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Rev War Books, Reading & Researching
Further researching for Major Fraser’s took me to the E-Zine of Southern Campaigns of the Revolutionary War, by Charles B. Baxley, editor & publisher. (http://southerncampaign.org/mag.php) There I found articles by various writers with keen interest in this area of history. Devotees are still reading the tons of archived papers and journals that lay in repositories nearly forgotten. Often an unpublished skirmish or a battle seen through the eyes of another soldier or militia man will discover facts unknown. Women also kept diaries that reveal important details.
The Diary of the American War, A Hessian Journal by Captain Johann Ewald, edited by Joseph P. Tustin is a book I kept close to me because he describes the terrain, the attitudes of the non-military locals as well as the battles and drew maps. He served in both the northern and southern campaigns. His personal touch to a war fought by a hired army from a foreign land adds an extra something to the story. Jim Piecuch writes of accounts from both sides of the military in his The Battle of Camden and his Blood Be Upon Your Head. Reading for research just carries me from one book to another to another, etc. Isn’t life great?
The Diary of the American War, A Hessian Journal by Captain Johann Ewald, edited by Joseph P. Tustin is a book I kept close to me because he describes the terrain, the attitudes of the non-military locals as well as the battles and drew maps. He served in both the northern and southern campaigns. His personal touch to a war fought by a hired army from a foreign land adds an extra something to the story. Jim Piecuch writes of accounts from both sides of the military in his The Battle of Camden and his Blood Be Upon Your Head. Reading for research just carries me from one book to another to another, etc. Isn’t life great?
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Revolutionary War South Carolina Research
The Landmarks Conference of the Revolutionary War this past weekend brought me into ecstasy. I actually stood on various grounds in South Carolina where my Major Fraser fought against the Continentals. True, I’m extremely happy that his side lost and we became Americans to make our own rules and guidelines, called government. True also, that the Major captured Isaac Hayne who was an American hero who should have received much more acclaim than he has gotten. (He was hanged as a violator of his parole from the British forces.) Also it’s true that the Major finally saw the light and became an American himself. Some folks just take a bit longer to get to the best place.
Some of my excitement rose from seeing Parker’s Ferry unchanged in over two hundred years. We stood on the main road from Savannah to Charlestown (Charleston) and it is still a dirt road that leads to the crossing. There are no buildings to be seen from the spot, only flora and fauna. Except for distant power lines, the area is probably much the same as it was then.
When I described these places in Major Fraser’s I leaned on Parker’s Guide to the Revolutionary War in South Carolina by Jack Parker to get my bearings in a land I hadn’t been to before. I could see the relationship of one location to another by his maps and descriptions. I could trace the Major’s footsteps, and horse shoes, with my imagination, to be right there with him. Parker’s Guide simplified my struggle in researching. It is a treasure for anyone interested in the war that made us Americans.
Some of my excitement rose from seeing Parker’s Ferry unchanged in over two hundred years. We stood on the main road from Savannah to Charlestown (Charleston) and it is still a dirt road that leads to the crossing. There are no buildings to be seen from the spot, only flora and fauna. Except for distant power lines, the area is probably much the same as it was then.
When I described these places in Major Fraser’s I leaned on Parker’s Guide to the Revolutionary War in South Carolina by Jack Parker to get my bearings in a land I hadn’t been to before. I could see the relationship of one location to another by his maps and descriptions. I could trace the Major’s footsteps, and horse shoes, with my imagination, to be right there with him. Parker’s Guide simplified my struggle in researching. It is a treasure for anyone interested in the war that made us Americans.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Words, Beautiful Words
http://thesaurus.com/ is my newest home page on my laptop. It is just a delight for a person who loves the written word. Who has time to loll about looking for words to drool over? Thesaurus has it right there in front of me so if I see a word or quote or word history that teases my eye, I can pop right onto it, get it into my system and go back to the work I’m involved in.
Somewhere in there today, my trail took me from why, how and when capital and small case letters are used, to beautiful words voted on by readers. Serendipity was one word chosen. Say it. The word just rolls around my tongue almost pushing me into singing it. Lovely…. this also happens to be another beautiful word to me that sends my mind into graciousness and a time gone past. Probably my favorite word is delightful. I do hope folks don’t get annoyed by my use (over use?) of it. When I say or write delightful or delighted, I feel it. Just delightful. I don’t think it is possible to say that word with a frown on my face.
Somewhere in there today, my trail took me from why, how and when capital and small case letters are used, to beautiful words voted on by readers. Serendipity was one word chosen. Say it. The word just rolls around my tongue almost pushing me into singing it. Lovely…. this also happens to be another beautiful word to me that sends my mind into graciousness and a time gone past. Probably my favorite word is delightful. I do hope folks don’t get annoyed by my use (over use?) of it. When I say or write delightful or delighted, I feel it. Just delightful. I don’t think it is possible to say that word with a frown on my face.
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