The AuthorGuy Blog by Larry B. Gildersleeve (Jan 8, 2025)
8th January 2025. Hello out there, Welcome back. My wife and I just returned to our Kentucky home after welcoming the new year at our South Carolina beach timeshare condominium. It’s been a magical place for me to vacation every yearsince 1985, and I look forward to our return in September. For most of those forty years, I’ve decamped with a full briefcase and laptop, either for work prior to my retirement or to nurture my literary pursuits that began in 2014. I’m happy to report that the computer has not accompanied my for the past few years and the freedom has been a wonderful change. My time is now absorbed with walks on the beach, dining out at restaurants during the off-season and, mostimportantly, reading upwards of a dozen books during the seven days we’re in residence. As a novelist, my interest leans heavily toward fiction, especially by the works of authors I admire and from whom I can learn so much. But at the encouragement of my son and other great friends, I’ve begun ...