In April of 1910, in Forney, Texas, three children go missing on a day of violent thunderstorms. They are presumed dead, drowned in the Trinity River, their bodies washed away and never found. Two of them are brothers, the third is a little neighbor girl. In April of 1988, during an economic depression, two women, Ruby and Retha, siblings, take on the interior renovation of an old country mansion in Forney, Texas, that has sat vacant for two decades. However, the women soon discover that they share residence with the specters of three children, and more unsettling, with the vile specter of the childrens murderer, who wants to reap the childrens souls. When it realizes Ruby and Retha have moved in and want to help the children to cross over, it wants their souls, too, to feed to its deity, something it refers to as The Great Serpent.
Exploration of the ways in which these groups of young people, marked by economic disadvantage and ethnic and religious diversity, have sought to navigate a new urban terrain and, in so doing, have come to see themselves in new ways."--Jacket
Written by a writer who understands writers' concerns about entering the writing world, So, You Want To Be A Writer offers assistance to aspiring writers. Created strictly as a helpful overview of the writing process, it is informative and enlightening! The book guides the writer/reader on a step-by-step journey down the writer's path. From answering the "write" question and getting started as a writer, to believing to achieve, developing tools of the trade, making that first impression as a writer and more, Colton shares not only her own experiences as a writer and author, but also her interactions with other emerging writers and published authors. If you've always wanted to be a writer, but didn't know how to get started, this book definitely belongs in your home library. Filled with lots of helpful writing-related information, dos and don'ts, and tips of the trade, So, You Want To Be A Writer, Book 1 of Jo Ann M. Colton's "Little Red Writer Book" Series, is a must-read resource for beginning and unpublished writers.
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