Woven Branches, my Southern book series, has become known for shocking revelations, as well as some serious foreshadowing. Perhaps no character is a better representative of this foreshadowing than R.W., the G.R.I.T. train station's mysterious painter.

When I started preparing to release the first book in my Southern Serial book series, I had an epiphany. I thought, if I could introduce the characters of my little soap opera gradually, but before the book was actually available, maybe readers would already care about them before they even opened the book.

When writing a soap opera, one tends to get bogged down in the drama. It's easy to forget that, at the end of the day, a serial series is about the human experience. I never want to lose sight of touching family bonds.

This past January, my husband and I took a cruise in the Caribbean. We made stops in Key West, Cozumel, and Grand Cayman. My favorite port was in Belize.

When I set out to write The Road to Noeware, I knew that I wanted to include a plot involving child trafficking. Why? My own state of Georgia is in the top five states for the most incidents of trafficking.

I would have to say that one of the most discussed plot lines in the Woven Branches book series is the one involving Miss Willa. I get asked about her all the time.

By now, you have no doubt read that most of the characters in my Woven Branches soap opera book series were creations from my childhood. I have lived with them in my head for decades.  That is, with the exception of two ...