Please note, this post contains affiliate links to recommended books. My First Experience with a Book Club Back in 2012, I was invited to attend a local book club meeting to talk about my book, Kentucky Family. I was terrified. The book, a collection of family stories and memories, represented my first tentative steps into … Continue reading Book Club 101
I recently decided to dust off the old manuscript (or open the old google doc, as the case may be), and revisit the novel I began researching and writing back in 2019. If you've followed my story for very long, you know that I had just began my serious writing journey and had three self-published … Continue reading Getting Reacquainted with Alice
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” (Edgar Allan Poe) I’ve had a dark green, hardcover copy of The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe on my bookshelf for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid, this particular … Continue reading Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy Review
I fell in love when I first saw your pic on Facebook.That sweet face and those dark eyes had me, but I should have known you were trouble. Looks can be deceiving, as I would soon learn. You were a wild man from the start, fast and loud, barking and bounding through the living room … Continue reading A Top Shelf Dog
It seems like it's been a long time coming, but if there's anything God has taught me over the past year and a half, it's that His timing is always best. I feel a lot of mixed emotions about this book launch. I'm excited, but also anxious. Writing a book about your own experience requires … Continue reading His Timing: It’s Time for a Book Launch!
At the right time, I, the Lord, will make it happen. (Isaiah 60:22, NLT) My first book, Kentucky Family, was an experiment, really... a chance to see if I could actually accomplish the goal of writing a book, plus preserve some priceless family memories. My second book, Waverly, was the book I always wanted to … Continue reading Draft 1 Complete!
For the past 12 years, I've spent the end of May packing away classroom materials and struggling to survive the last few weeks of school with a room full of antsy adolescents. This was my first year as a District Literacy Coach, and I have to say the end to the school year was very … Continue reading Hello, Summer!
In August, 1936, Rainey Bethea, a twenty-six year old African American from Virginia, was executed for the crime of rape in Owensboro, Kentucky. Hundreds of reporters and a crowd estimated at 20,000 people descended on the city of Owensboro to witness the execution, due in no small part to the fact that the sheriff in … Continue reading So what’s this book about, anyway?
To my fellow writers and readers, welcome! I am designating this little corner of the internet as a space to share updates on my writing endeavors. Thank you for joining me on the journey!
Amy Bellamy, Author 