High adventure in the Georgia wilderness of 1821

I’m glad you dropped by.  Come back often; this is a work in progress.

‘Wiregrass Country’ is a novel about high adventure in the wilderness of Georgia, set in the 1820s.

The story was inspired by my neighbor, when she told me the true story of her ancestress, who had run away from home with her six sons. The woman, a beauty I am told, was forced to choose between leaving behind her three sons fathered by her first husband, or deserting her second husband. Adopting an assumed name, she joined a wagon train, and fled North Carolina for the uncivilized frontier of south Georgia.

As I was driving through that area one day, I began to think about what it would be like to turn down a country road and find myself back in time, living that same wild adventure.

Since none of us have mastered time travel yet, I did the next best thing. I wrote a book about it.  That is when my darling Lee was born, the main character of the novel. Through her, I stepped back in time and explored the past.

Writing the book has been an amazing adventure for me. I have learned a great deal, not only about writing, but also about the history of my home state.

I have also made many friends and received a lot of encouragement and guidance from people already familiar with the ins and outs of writing and being published.

Open letter to my agent -

I’m looking forward to becoming great friends with you, even though we haven’t met yet.  I know the sort of person you will be, a person with a great passion for what she does.

You’ll be a challenger, someone who pushes the envelope, someone who loves to read, someone who goes through her queries each week hoping against hope that something she reads will send a spark to her fingertips, will make  her want to pick up the phone and call the sender.  But, what if the actual work doesn’t live up to the promise of the query?  Does she want to risk that disappointment?  So, she’ll rein herself in, wait for the manuscript she requests, crossing her fingers that this will be the one, the book she can put her whole heart behind.

Yes,  I am referring to you as a woman.  I feel a woman will understand me better.  As a pioneer of my generation, I have led boldly in my small way, often following my heart when following my head might have been better.  I want our relationship to be almost familial.  I will be the cherished aunt, the adopted grandmother.  You will be the nurturing advocate, urging me to continue to create and explore as you lead the way.