The Storyteller | Mary Vee

Harriet Tubman  (photo H. B. Lindsley), c. 1870. A worker on the Underground Railroad, Tubman made  13 trips to the South, helping to free  over 70 people. She led people to the  northern free states and Canada. This helped Harriet Tubman gain the name "Moses of Her People" For the past two weekends on Let's Talk, we've had author guests who had to fight incredible battles: Jennifer Slattery from two weeks ago who lived a homeless life at one time, and Lori Benton from this last weekend who battled cancer. These were epic fights. And this week in the news, you may have heard that Harriet Tubman was chosen to be the new face on the twenty dollar bill. I was absolutely ecstatic to hear the news. This woman rose way beyond race and gender to be a person who risked her life to fight a fight that needed fighting. Homelessness. Cancer. Slavery. Only a few of the battles faced by so many people every day.  Battles that were not fought alone....

Today we welcome author: Lori Benton A commenter will win a copy of Lori's book: A Flight of Arrows Scroll down to see how. Mary here.  I'm so  happy to welcome Lori Benton to Let's Talk. I only recently met her and found we have much in common. The day I worked to set this post up I struggled to stay on task. I couldn't gather my thoughts and resorted to my mainstay of writing down my tasks for the day in my daily journal. This is what gets me through each day. My problem: I, like Lori, have days of brain fog as a residual from chemo. But this is Lori's day and Lori's story. She is ready to tell you what God has done for her. I asked Lori: how has God led  you on your writing journey? Here is what she said:   When Surrender Takes Place My debut novel, Burning Sky, released in 2013. More than once during an interview that year I was asked, "Did your own battle and survivorship with cancer influence your no...