Comments on: What the Bayou Saw Blog Tour (June 18)

By: Wana

Wana — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:53:44 +0000

I’m late in partcipating in the discussion but wanted to say I have added this book to my list.

By: What the Bayou Saw Blog Tour – Day 4 : Tywebbin Creations :: Blog Tours

What the Bayou Saw Blog Tour – Day 4 : Tywebbin Creations :: Blog Tours — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:59:52 +0000

[...] RAWSistaz Literary Group http://www.rawsistaz.com [...]

By: Tee C. Royal

Tee C. Royal — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:28:17 +0000

I’ll keep you posted, Patti.

-Tee

By: patti lacy

patti lacy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:53:46 +0000

Tee and Sharon, wish I could take credit for both the title and the cover, but Cat at Kregel developed the title when discussions about the title seemed to be reaching an impasse! I love it when inanimate objects take on action, like a cool line I recently read. Never had a room seen so much hatred.

As for the cover art, I cried when I opened the jpg that showed the cover Kregel’s great design team had created…

Oh, I would LOVE for y’all to spend September with Bayou–and me!

Blessings to a fabulous website!!
Patti

By: Tee C. Royal

Tee C. Royal — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:53:52 +0000

Hey folks! To read more of the excerpt, visit the next stop on Patti's tour and, pick up your copy the next time you're at the bookstore. Sounds like a book we need to read for our September BOM, huh? -Tee

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:49:34 +0000

LOL….I’m a cover and title person as well.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:48:24 +0000

@ Tee…LOL!!! You know me all too well!!!

Patti, I have Up Pops the Devil but I haven’t read it yet. Maybe we can read it together when you have time and discuss it together.

By: Tee C. Royal

Tee C. Royal — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:41:33 +0000

Patti, be careful with Sharon. She’ll have you reading all day/all night. Most of us simply can’t hang with her.

-Tee

By: Tee C. Royal

Tee C. Royal — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:40:39 +0000

Ditto, Terra! I’m definitey a cover/title person and this one pulls me in.

-Tee

By: Tee C. Royal

Tee C. Royal — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:39:06 +0000

How fascinating, Patti! Thanks so much for sharing with us. I love “meeting” authors who love what they do. You can feel it in the writing.

Take care and do stay in touch with us!

-Tee

By: patti lacy

patti lacy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:26:30 +0000

Thanks, Terra! I’d love to hear from you when you’ve done.
Have a blessed summer (which would include lots of reading time)!
Patti

By: Terra Little

Terra Little — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:30:14 +0000

Hi Patti,

I enjoyed reading the excerpt and I also love the cover and title – “What the Bayou Saw” – haunting, mysterious….love it! I’ve added this book to my reading list. Can’t wait to read it!

Terra

By: patti lacy

patti lacy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:05:55 +0000

Thank you, Sharon! You sound bookwormish, like me! I can’t wait to read Up Pops the Devil, Angela Benson’s latest. I met Angela at the Southern Kentucky Bookfest, where she wowed the audience with her great personality and great writing!

Also on my list: What is the What (recommended by my daughter), and Wally Lamb’s The Hour I First Believed.

By: patti lacy

patti lacy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:03:23 +0000

Tee,
Your comment is manna to my writer’s soul!

Whew! Research! Good thing I love it!

My coursework in African-American literature came in handy as I simply strolled to one of my bookshelves (yes, I have them categorized topically) and pulled out Gaines and Walker and Hughes and Asbury.

A lifelong New Orleans resident recommended a wonderful novel by Mary King Oâ€™Donnell called Those Other People.

I watched old movies, took a research trip down South, and interviewed DNA specialists, cops, psychologists, teachers, a helicopter pilot, and my own dear brother. Oh, I love talking to people, then writing their stories.

But sometimes me and my interviewee get carried away and we end up trading recipes or discussing our family trees!

The publishing progress was aided by a great publisher, Kregel Publications, who utilized at least three professional editors, including one with a PhD in literature! I have no regrets at all about this book except that I wish I could write it better. Don’t we writers ALWAYS look back and wish we had “one more edit”?

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:56:37 +0000

I’m interested in reading this book. I will add it to my growing list of books.

By: Tee

Tee — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:39:49 +0000

Patti, this sounds like my type of book. I’ll be adding it to my reading list.

What type of research did you have to do and what was the publishing process like for you? Any regrets?

-Tee

By: patti lacy

patti lacy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:13:50 +0000

Thank you, Iris! Readers like you provide the manna that feeds a writer’s soul!
Patti

By: iris celeste

iris celeste — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:39:40 +0000

wow! what a cliffhanger. i will definitely visit again on tomorrow for more…