Setting the Setting

The past two Thursdays, I’ve given a sort of “behind the scenes” tour of writing books. Week one was about naming characters. Week two was how I tend to plot the next book in a series. Today, I thought I’d look at setting details–what’s accurate/what’s made up. To illustrate my way of doing things, I thought we’d look at each of my current series.

The Southern Sewing Circle Mysteries.  This series takes place in the fictional town of Sweet Briar, South Carolina.  It’s not a coastal town. In m...