In The Flow of Time – September 14, 2024 Here she is, Marie Laveaux. There are some things known historically about her, but actually, not a lot. She was an illiterate woman of color in a white man’s world. There is no portrait or photograph of Marie Laveaux. There is… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – September 12, 2024 Spoiler alert, in which the end is revealed. (Edit: Because this turned out to be two books, this will be the end of the second novel, or maybe not the end, maybe the prologue, or maybe a prologue to Dancer. 🙂… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – September 9, 2024 I’m deepening my background on the ancestral roots of African religion to which Marie Laveaux is plausibly exposed. There are three major areas where people were stolen from Africa. Modern day they are Senegal-Gambia; the Bight of Benin, and the Congo…. Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – September 8, 2024 I’m plotting (devious SOB that I am). It is 1818. At this point, Robinette and her children have been pulled back into slavery (because slaves are things) and resold. The nasty antagonist making this happen is René Trudeau. He is historical,… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – September 1, 2024 Way back when, in an entirely different novel, I wrote a scene that mentions folks singing as they walk down the street after a wedding. No real music, of course, just that that’s what was going on. And one of my… Continue reading
