Mobster and human smuggler Bill Bedini was back in Albania after jumping bail in Texas. “This [is] payback to your Uncle Edmond for when I was in the United States,” he said as he beat two young women, nieces of the Albanian man who testified against him in the U.S. A human weed, Bedini kidnapped […]
African American
Wixumlee ain’t no “Mammy”
To me, characterization is more important than plot. With three protagonists I strive to make them not only different physically but also emphasize their cultural differences. Each one comes from a singular economic background which reflects her speech, manner of dress, education, facial expressions, the way she walks, what she likes to eat—her attitude toward […]
Reading, signing in Sedalia on Saturday
This Saturday I’ll participate in Writer’s Block at the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum in Sedalia, NC. I’ll be reading from A Shocking & Unnatural Incident sometime between 1:15 and 2:15 p.m. The rest of the day fellow historical fiction author Blonnie Bunn Wyche and I will be under a tent signing books. I’m bringing my […]
Writer’s Block comes to Sedalia
Fellow historical fiction author Blonnie Bunn Wyche and I will participate in the 2nd Saturdays Hands-on Heritage event called Writer’s Block at the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum in Sedalia, NC June 12. Blonnie will be in her 1700s costume (she writes about the Revolutionary War period) and she thinks I should pull together some replica […]
