Guest Blogger: Karen Simpson on Quilting & Writing

Much of my adult life I have been more a quilter than a writer. For years I told stories about African American life with fabrics, thread and needles. Even though I loved books, I never thought I could write a novel, didn't think I was really smart enough to do that. But then a story, I knew was my story, caught my imagination and I was compelled to set out on my writer's journey.

Act of Grace is loosely based on an incident that happened several years ago in my hometown...