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I promise it will follow me to my last breath.” Pat Conroy, My Reading Life Tell us a story. What is your Southern fiction work in progress? Work in Progress: “Courtney Quinn, a 33-year-old newlywed becomes widowed during her honeymoon in Cinque Terre. When she flies home, she learns her in-laws have taken legal action to make sure she doesn’t inherit any of their family’s money. Having resigned from her job, sold her home, and moved away from small-town Magnolia Bay, South Carolina, she’s now been given 24 hours to leave her Buckhead dream house. With options few, she accepts a position back home caring for the fiercely independent 95-year-old Merriweather Applegate. The two bond over an old quilt, in which Merriweather has stitched secrets between the panels. As nearly a century of truths are set free, we learn the value of a woman’s work and the pieces of life that matter most.” How will being in the lowcountry for a residency benefit your writing? ”Aside from hoping to retire in the lowcountry someday, I’ve wanted to set the story in that area. I’d love to research and write this manuscript from Beaufort, surrounded by the inspiring marshland, rivers, and sea islands. As a southern writer, I care very much about creating a sensory-rich experience for my readers, building out the setting as a character in the story. For this reason, I’d be extremely grateful for the opportunity to write from South Carolina as I shape this work.” Bio: Julie Cantrell is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and TEDx speaker whose work has earned numerous awards. In addition to writing contemporary and historical fiction, creative nonfiction, children’s books, poetry, and essays, she served as editor-in-chief of the Southern Literary Review and currently works as a developmental editor, book coach, and ghostwriter across numerous genres. She’s also an adjunct writing professor at Drexel University, a certified speech-language pathologist, and a naturalist who loves to explore the many wonders of this world. She whole-heartedly believes in the power of story to inspire and unite us all. Website: www.juliecantrell.com / www.bluesparked.com Photo taken in Beaufort, Mary Ellen Thompson, Julie Cantrell, Bonnie Hargrove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624c6f0dc2485d492929800e/4ef6fb5b-9f07-4f17-b7b7-1c626c1d22c7/0-5.jpg Residents - David Kiser Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. 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