Ask the Author: Ramey Channell
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Ramey Channell
Once upon a time in America, there was a presidential election. The year was 2016.
Ramey Channell
Books I've read this summer:
The Golden Hour – Beatriz Williams – Detective and mystery fiction - "The Bahamas, 1941. Windsor-era Nassau seethes with spies, financial swindles, and racial tension, “
Rimbaud, the Double Life of a Rebel – Edmund White – Biography – 19th century French poet
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee – Casey Cep – Harper Lee’s quest to write a ‘non-fiction’ novel covering an unusual murder trial in Alabama.
Dairy Queen Days – Robert Inman - Southern fiction: a rich and evocative tale of a teenage boy's struggle to forge his own identity in 1979 Georgia.
The Summer Country – Lauren Willig – historical novel - set in 1854 on a sugar plantation in Barbados
Stone River Crossing – Tim Tingle – teen novel - A young Choctaw girl’s life, her town in the Choctaw Nation, and her efforts to rescue a family from a slave-owning plantation in Mississippi territory.
Between the Bridge and the River – Craig Ferguson – Hilarious and profane . Combines humor with insight in a layered and satisfying novel about love and loss, Ultimately about redemption.
Sunset Beach – Mary Kay Andrews - Murder mystery, family drama, and romance novel.
Dispatches from Pluto – Richard Grant – Journalistic memoir: an English journalist lost and found in the Mississippi Delta.
Red Roots - Gayle Crause - Fiction, Native American spirituality - vividly describes stories of family connections to the Cherokee Nation.
The Golden Hour – Beatriz Williams – Detective and mystery fiction - "The Bahamas, 1941. Windsor-era Nassau seethes with spies, financial swindles, and racial tension, “
Rimbaud, the Double Life of a Rebel – Edmund White – Biography – 19th century French poet
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee – Casey Cep – Harper Lee’s quest to write a ‘non-fiction’ novel covering an unusual murder trial in Alabama.
Dairy Queen Days – Robert Inman - Southern fiction: a rich and evocative tale of a teenage boy's struggle to forge his own identity in 1979 Georgia.
The Summer Country – Lauren Willig – historical novel - set in 1854 on a sugar plantation in Barbados
Stone River Crossing – Tim Tingle – teen novel - A young Choctaw girl’s life, her town in the Choctaw Nation, and her efforts to rescue a family from a slave-owning plantation in Mississippi territory.
Between the Bridge and the River – Craig Ferguson – Hilarious and profane . Combines humor with insight in a layered and satisfying novel about love and loss, Ultimately about redemption.
Sunset Beach – Mary Kay Andrews - Murder mystery, family drama, and romance novel.
Dispatches from Pluto – Richard Grant – Journalistic memoir: an English journalist lost and found in the Mississippi Delta.
Red Roots - Gayle Crause - Fiction, Native American spirituality - vividly describes stories of family connections to the Cherokee Nation.
Ramey Channell
Good to hear from you, Joe! Email on the way. I look forward to the event.
Ramey Channell
I'm currently working on book three of The Moonlight Ridge Series. Book One is a summer mystery, Book Two an autumn mystery, and Book Three is all about a cold, cold winter on the mountain and a Christmas mystery. If you liked Earl Hamner's "The Waltons", Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn", and Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird", you'll be a fan of Lily Claire and Willie T. and their adventures on Moonlight Ridge.
Ramey Channell
Good question! It would be hard to answer this without risking spoilers, but since childhood I've had many mysterious experiences that are the basis for a new book I'm working on now, a YA paranormal mystery.
Ramey Channell
One method that I have found to be an excellent deterrent to "writer's block" is the early morning writing ritual. If I'm experiencing a slump, or an absolute block, I grab a pen and paper as soon as I wake up, and write three pages ... before breakfast, before coffee, before Internet, before anything else. Every morning for a few weeks, or until things are flowing freely again. These pages should be spontaneous: no editing or rewriting until later.
Ramey Channell
My favorite fictional couple would have to be those two eight-year-old cousins, Lily Claire Nash and Willie T. Nock, The Moonlight Ridge protagonists. Using their wit, wisdom, and undaunted courage in the face of danger, together they are equal to any task sent their way.
My second favorite couple, no surprise: fourth grade school teacher and part-time Moonlight Ridge garbage collector, Eskine Batson, and the beautiful and mysterious Evergreen.
My second favorite couple, no surprise: fourth grade school teacher and part-time Moonlight Ridge garbage collector, Eskine Batson, and the beautiful and mysterious Evergreen.
Ramey Channell
Stop procrastinating, sit down, and do it! I have to tell myself this every morning.
Ramey Channell
Book two of The Moonlight Ridge Series, The Witches of Moonlight Ridge, has just hit the bookstores! With the coming of autumn, there are changes out on the mountain and in the Eden community, bringing surprising new adventures for our young protagonists, Lily Claire and Willie T.
I am currently working on a few new projects: YA paranormal fiction set in the dark woods of rural Alabama, a children's picture book, and a Juvenile Biography of a special historical person.
I am currently working on a few new projects: YA paranormal fiction set in the dark woods of rural Alabama, a children's picture book, and a Juvenile Biography of a special historical person.
Ramey Channell
Be careful with grammar and sentence structure. Be sure your writing says on paper what you're thinking in your head! I've read a lot of manuscripts where the idea was good but the actual writing is frustrating to try to read. Make sure every sentence actually says what you intended it to say.
Ramey Channell
I've found that the best thing about being a writer is the connection to the reader, and to people who respond to the stories I'm telling. My poetry, short stories, and my books, Sweet Music on Moonlight Ridge, and The Witches of Moonlight Ridge, evoke an emotional response from the reader, and create a common ground for communication and sharing. I love the feedback I get from readers.
Ramey Channell
My own childhood is the basis for the Moonlight Ridge series. As a small child, I lived in the most magical, enchanted, and sometimes frightening place imaginable. And I had my best friend along for the adventures: my crazy cousin Willie T.!
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