Nancy Hayes Kilgore’s new novel is based on the young lives of the author’s mother in the 1940s and her grandmother in the 1910s.
“The places and characters are so vivid and real, I felt like I was there with them. I wanted to wrap myself up in the story like a coat.” —Kim Church, author of Byrd
“…a vibrant story of manners and place…Kilgore treads the same territory as Alice Munro.” —Margot Harrison, Seven Days
“This page-turning story will keep you up at night, wondering what’s going to happen…” —Mary Dingee Fillmore, author of An Address in Amsterdam
(published on Reading the Past blogspot) How do you find the tracks of a 17th-century witch? This was my quest as I traveled to the Highlands of Scotland to research my novel, Bitter Magic. Bitter Magic is inspired by the true story of Isobel Gowdie, whose witchcraft confession in 1662 is one
The beginning of February, halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, marks the traditional Gaelic festival of Imbolc, a time to celebrate the coming of spring, the creative energy ready to emerge in the earth and in our lives. Here is an image that went into the creation
One of my favorite books on writing is If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland, a short book about “Art, Independence and Spirit.” Like many women, I tend to disparage my own efforts with negative self-talk, but Ueland’s advice always brings me back to the actual joy of writing