Mart Twain

What book could you read over and over again?

I have read Mark Twain’s works over and over.

Though I have read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel many times, I particularly love Huckleberry Finn. The young vagabond for his moral development in his treatment of Jim, an escaped slave. Though Huck ascribes to the values of the pre-Civil South and believes he should turn Jim in, he chooses to sacrifice his soul rather than betray his friend. I wish we all had Huck’s purity.

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  2. Your book just arrived yesterday along with a copy of “Burst” by Mary Otis.

    Ironically, Olivia returned my manuscript yesterday with her line-edit. So I’ll get to work on my MS, which shouldn’t take but a few days, then sit down for a big o’ helpin’ of poke salat.

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  4. I have your paperback in my cart; time to get some Bessie May Rosie action. Your book has fantastic reviews.
    I sampled enough on Kindle to know it’s my kind of book. I have a group of friends, we share what we’re reading so I usually prefer an actual book over digital, unless I’m traveling. That’s the old-school in me, perhaps pre-school. IDK.
    I’m researching some works for a query letter I’m writing, so I’m looking for a few more items before I hit the pay button. But it will be done shortly. Excited to read it.
    Yes, we’ll definitely be friends. Glad to have discovered you.

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      • Southern Gothic. My mother passed back in September. She had a lifelong secret that I set free for her in her obit. A sad love story from the 50’s, a beautiful story she was shamed into keeping a secret by her family.
        She was a brilliant and vivacious evocateur. I took her real story, and tweaked it. She would have loved it-always wanted me to pursue fiction writing.
        Just completed the developmental edit; having a line edit now; and, have a proofreading and copy edit lined up after. So I’m staging some query letters so I’ll be ready. Totally nerd’n out on the whole process. Reading authors represented by my fav’s so I’ll be well-versed in comparables.
        I’ve had a few artists recommended for cover art, but I’m praying I get a shot at being traditionally published. So I don’t want to spend the bucks on art, not knowing yet if a pub might like it.
        I don’t even know if they’ll like my title.
        But I’m prepared to self-publish if things don’t work out. I just want to put my best foot forward with the query by having a completed MS. Keep your fingers crossed.
        I’ve got some great outlines for my next projects too. I really wanna stay in my wheelhouse with the southern fiction genre, and I love a southern gothic. My editor is in London, and really loves it. I hope that’s a reflection of how others will respond.

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  6. I love Mark Twain, my favorite author of all time. Of interest to you may be that I once read, Mark Twain’s favorite author was a guy in Knoxville, Tennessee named George Washington Harris, who created a character in a newspaper column, later a book, called “Sut Lovingood: Yarns Spun by a Nat’ral Born Durn’d Fool.”
    Desperate to find it, I later discovered a first edition copy of that book, and it’s become a prized possession.
    If you didn’t grow up in the south, I’ll admit, you’d have a difficult time following all of the dialogue. It’s not just southern slang, the text is written authentic to how some of us actually talk. Which can be difficult for even me to follow.
    I grew up in Nashville, perhaps a more cosmopolitan version of the Deep South, so you could say I’m bilingual. Reading this book is a bit like solving a Rubik’s Cube for me, part novel part puzzle. Twain’s parents lived in Fentress County, Tennessee which is where all of Twain’s five siblings were born. I would imagine that Twain’s family likely spoke in the same vernacular as ole Sut Lovingood, so it makes sense that Harris’ particular brand of humor would resonate.

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