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Women's History Month a.co/d/bttGS1c Laura Towne, abolitionist, courageous teacher during the Civil War. Wanted the vote for women in 1862! #WomensHistoryMonth #WritingCommunity

a.co/d/bttGS1c Black History Month. Laura Towne dedicated her life to teaching contraband blacks in 1862 to remained until 1901 on St. Helena Island, S.C #BlackHistory Month #Womeneducation #AmericanCivilWar

January 1, 1863, Laura Towne celebrates Emancipation Proclamation Day at Port Royal, SC with contraband blacks and Federal troops. Only 75 years after the ratification of the Constitution! a.co/d/bttGS1c #writerscommunity #HistoricalFiction

On Oct. 3, 1863 Lincoln issues a proclamation designating the last Thursday of November as a National Thanksgiving Day. a.co/d/bttGS1c #Authors #AmericanCivilWar

Today 164th Anniversary of the Battle of Port Royal in 1861. Occupation of the Sea Islands, S.C. Planters flee leaving 10,000 former slaves at risk. Union able to blockade Southern ports. Beaufort, first Southern City occupied by Union in Civil War. #Authors #AmericanCivilWar

Teaching former slaves in 1862, Laura Towne wonders if she is really free since she can neither vote nor sit on a jury. Utah first state to allow women on juries in 1898. Right to vote not until 1920 with 19th Amendment. a.co/d/bttGS1c #WomensHistory #HistoricalFiction

New book "The Road Was Full of Thorns" by Tom Zoellner. More than 800,000 black refugees were in contraband camps during Civil War. Laura Towne taught them in the Sea Islands. a.co/d/bttGS1c #Authorscommunity #AmericanCivilWar #Author

Penn School founded by Laura Towne to teach former slaves is now the site of the Penn Center Museum on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Great place to visit and learn more. amazon.com/dp/B0FC1TK1JT #Americancivilwar #historicalfiction

I met Dorothy B. Hughes, one of our greatest suspense novelists years ago. She "firmly believed if you've got something good enough you will get published." Read her Ride the Pink Horse or The Expendable Man-classics of suspense. amazon.com/dp/B0FC1TK1JT #Authorscommunity

As contraband of war (federal property), blacks were neither slave nor free. But by crossing Union lines, they took an active step toward freedom, essentially negating the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.amazon.com/dp/B0FC1TK1JT #AmericanCivilWar #HistoricalFiction

Took me almost 20 years to get published. Perseverance. Sanora Babb's manuscript "Whose Names Are Unknown" was completed in 1939. Not published until 2004. Reason: Editor feared overlap with Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath." amazon.com/dp/B0FC1TK1JT #authorscommunity #WLCAuthor

Worried that my debut historical novel was too short at 57,000 words. Did research. Felt better. The Great Gatsby (47,094) The Stranger (32,820) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (41,325) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (52,000). amazon.com/dp/B0FC1TK1JT #Authorscommunity

@Princesshali091 @EmilyMaxwell Thank you so much for commenting on my first novel. It means a lot to me.

@EmilyMaxwell @KuzenRobin41413 This is incredible work.

A powerful debut! The Better Angels by Robin Holloway tells the true story of Laura Towne, a fearless abolitionist who founded the first school for freed slaves. Historical fiction at its finest educational, moving & unforgettable. 👉a.co/d/bttGS1c @KuzenRobin41413

@EmilyMaxwell Dear Emily, Thank you so much for this gratifying review. It took me almost 20 years to find a publisher, in the UK no less. I am so grateful for your thoughtful comments.

🔥 A debut that shines! The Better Angels by @KuzenRobin41413 isn’t just historical fiction, it’s living history. Laura Towne’s courage, resilience & fight for freedom will leave you moved, enlightened & forever changed. 📖✨ 👉 a.co/d/bttGS1c

The Better Angels by Robin Holloway. Travel with Laura Towne to the occupied Sea Islands of S.C. in 1862 to help & teach contraband blacks. What joys and perils await her in the vortex of war. E book on Kindle, paperback on Amazon.com (Holand Press) #ebook #CivilWar

Storyteller, a new biography of Robert Louis Stevenson by Leo Damrosch reviewed in WSJ. One of my favorite authors. "He treated adjectives as enemies, relying instead on verbs to produce what Mr. Damrosch calls "his vivid evocation of motion and sound." #HistoricalFiction