The Storyteller | Mary Vee

Susan Meissner was my guest on February 14 of this year. C lick here to read her post . We mostly had a standing room only for her visit. Susan's book,  A Fall of Marigolds,  was featured that day. Since her featured day, I have read this well-crafted book and have chosen to do a book review. As you may recall, I don't post reviews of every book I read on my site, only the ones I really want to praise. Meissner's book tells the parallel stories of two women living in New York City. Taryn lived during the 9/11 terrorist attack and Clara lived during the September 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Each woman attempts to live with the loss of a loved one in the tragedy and the struggle to find a way to move forward with her life. Their way of dealing was to avoid reliving the day. Yet, circumstances force Taryn and Clara to deal with the hurt buried in their hearts.  Clara finds a job on Ellis Island and refuses to leave the shores. Safe in the ...

Today I welcome a kind lady and masterful writer: author Susan Meissner  Enter to win Susan's   February, 2014 release, A Fall of Marigolds AND There's an Added Bonus! Scroll to the end of the post to see how to enter. I met Susan when she visited the Writers Alley where I am one of the team writers. Susan has an exciting story. I asked her to tell you how God has led her on her journey. Here is her story: God Made Me A Writer-Years ago When I was a Kid I’ve loved to write for about as long as I can remember. I penned many once-upon-a-time stories in grade school and a ton of teenage-angst poetry in high school. In my twenties, however, when I was newly married and working fulltime, and then in my thirties raising four kids, I let the creative writing slide because I was afraid to see if I was really any good at it. I became editor of a small town newspaper and did the journalism thing for ten years. But all along ther...