{"id":790,"date":"2006-03-16T04:18:42","date_gmt":"2006-03-16T09:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/robert_morgan_v"},"modified":"2006-03-16T04:18:42","modified_gmt":"2006-03-16T09:18:42","slug":"robert_morgan_v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=790","title":{"rendered":"Robert Morgan visits Floyd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best-selling author Robert Morgan<\/a> is a man of many parts; poet, celebrated author, and Professor of English at Cornell University, so it was a treat to meet him recently at a Friends of the Library<\/a> event in Floyd, VA. Here you see him chatting with local writer and blogger, Fred First<\/a>.
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Morgan is a master storyteller. He had the audience hanging on every word as he described the process of creating Brave Enemies: A Novel of the American Revolution which covers the events leading up to the battle of Cowpens, which took place on January 17, 1781, near Spartanburg, South Carolina. <\/p>\n

He explained why he chose to tell the story of this decisive battle through the eyes of Josie Summers, a young woman who is serving as a soldier with the company of the North Carolina militia. Josie is passing herself off as a man and has joined the war in order to find her husband, John Trethman, who has been captured by British soldiers.<\/p>\n

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\nHe read a few selections from Brave Enemies<\/a> and it is easy to see why he is such a celebrated author. He transforms the results of his extensive historical research into living, breathing characters with stories that touch the heart.<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, I found his accounts of creating the book to be more gripping than the book itself. His research is a story all on its own, and every word was an inspiration to the would-be authors who were in attendance at this event. It was a fine opportunity to learn from one of the best and I saw many of them taking notes. <\/p>\n

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\nIn spite of his fame, Morgan is a warm and approachable person who took time to answer questions and chat with everyone who attended the event. I got a much better appreciation of the work that goes into writing and promoting a book after seeing him in action. <\/p>\n

He was on the return leg of an exhausting week-long research and promotion tour and would be driving to Ithaca, NY on the following morning, but he remained unfailingly gracious while answering questions and signing books. He sets a great example for aspiring authors to follow and deserves all of the fame that comes to him.<\/p>\n

The Friends of the Library<\/a> are to be congratulated for inviting a writer of his caliber to speak in Floyd. I understand that they have more fine authors to follow in subsequent months. Take advantage of the opportunity to meet these authors and attend the rest of these events.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Fred First’s upcoming book Slow Road Home<\/a> will be available in June 2006 and is already getting marvelous pre-publication reviews<\/a>. Way to go, Fred!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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