by LoriBenton | Aug 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Something unexpected happened today while I was doing some final research reading for my current novel in progress, set in the Tennessee Valley in 1787. In an effort to plot out the last few chapters of the story, while pouring over several reference books, I ran...
by LoriBenton | Aug 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
August 1st was also the release date of my friend, author Kaye Dacus’s, third book in the Regency era Ransome Trilogy. Ransome’s Quest continues the story where Ransome’s Crossing left off, and I for one will be very glad to get my hands on this long...
by LoriBenton | Aug 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
I could not let another day go by without posting that my friend and fellow author Laura Frantz’s third Kentucky frontier novel, The Colonel’s Lady, had it’s nationwide release yesterday, August 1. I was honored and privileged to read this book as...
by LoriBenton | Jul 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
I was going to tack this little post script onto my last post, then decided it was well worth its own. I don’t know if I’ve ever given a review of a book I’ve yet to finish reading, but this time I can’t really hold back. I’m several...
by LoriBenton | Jul 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s summer. It’s hot. My brain is not at its best just now. I’m focusing on the messy middle of my novel in progress, and since this seems to be demanding more than usual brain capacity, I’ve decided to take a summer break from blogging. Sort...