For the next few months, I'll be using this blog to document the writing of Wormwood, the 17th book in the China Bayles series. There'll be entries about the research (the book is set in a fictional Kentucky Shaker village), the writing, and other book-related business. If this is the kind of thing you're looking for, I'll be glad to have you along for the ride. You can join the Feedblitz email list (in the right panel, toward the bottom) to be notified of posts. If you'd rather read about herbs and such, click on over to China's website for recipes, podcasts, book reviews, information about the published books, and lots of other good stuff. Or for a wider view of the writing life and what's going on at our place in the Texas Hill Country, check out my Lifescapes blog. --Susan Albert
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This will be fun.
I have never READ a writer's blog of a work in progress. :)
Posted by: Brenda@Coffee Tea Books and Me | September 22, 2007 at 12:20 PM
What a great idea, Susan. I'm looking forward to your blog entries.
Posted by: Pam | September 22, 2007 at 01:02 PM
I'll be reading this with fascination and sharing with other authors!
Posted by: Dani | September 22, 2007 at 01:17 PM
I can't believe you are going to find time to do yet another blog, but I am THRILLED to get a peek into a work in progress. I am looking forward to a book set in another location. Bloodroot is my favorite, too.
Posted by: Michele Ritan | September 23, 2007 at 03:16 PM
I live near Shakertown,,,what a beautiful setting for one of your wonderful books,,,they (the Shakers) did do herbs so well.
FYI-yesterday was election day in Kentucky.
Shakertown can now serve alcohol.
Posted by: Taffy Hill | November 07, 2007 at 11:53 AM
http://www.amnews.com/public_html/?module=displaystory&story_id=36049&format=html
Susan, This is the website of Danville KY,,Shaker Village,,about the lifting of the alcohol ban.
Maybe one of your new characters can have a drinking binge :-)
Posted by: Taffy Hill | November 07, 2007 at 12:11 PM
Hi Susan, I'm very interested in following your blog, and can't wait to read Wormwood!
Posted by: Sherry Fisher | November 01, 2008 at 04:34 PM
Hey -- upcomng review of a China Bayles piece at Cooking with Ideas, http://www.cookingwithideas.typepad.com
I am dying to know how you got from academic administration to murder mysteries and whether you have read Overnight Float!
Posted by: bibliochef | August 08, 2009 at 04:36 PM