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Blog & News for Award Winning Author John Warley


A Child of War
Carter Barnwell, the protagonist in The Home Guard, is twelve years old when his world is turned on its head on November 7, 1861. As the...
Feb 9, 2019


The Home Guard
Remember a few blogs back when I talked about writers compulsively asking themselves, “What if . . .?” Beaufort’s Civil War history so...
Oct 26, 2014


The Port Royal Experiment
Last week, I blogged about my Aunt Sue, who spoke to me from the grave by way of her memoir, Three Houses, the preface for which...
Oct 12, 2014


Sí, sí, señor.
Last week I wrote about our move to Mexico in 1993, a move that promised to give me the time to write the next novel at hours later than...
Jun 7, 2014


Wordless Wednesday
link #wordlesswednesday #asoutherngirl #adoption #johnwarley #patconroy #photography #southcarolina #summertrip #friends #family #love...
Jun 4, 2014


Writing vs. Law; the price of conflict
My writing life began with a short story I wrote in 1990 called The Dare on the Bridge. The bridge, in case you’re curious, is the...
May 6, 2014


The Journey Begins
When was the last time you took a journey? A drive across country or a trip to Europe? Journeys can be measured in miles, but also in...
Apr 25, 2014


Long-eared Legacies
As Easter approaches, I’m reminded of one of my mother’s most enduring gifts. Like most of her generation, she handed down to her...
Apr 20, 2014


Literary Lunch with Pat Conroy & Bernie Schein
For a number of years, I've had the great pleasure of regularly lunching with Pat Conroy & Bernie Schein, two of my favorite writers and...
Apr 19, 2014
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