I've been leaning heavy on the self promo this year, and while this is sort of that, it also isn't. Writing does seem to thread through the genes of my family, though, which is why my current WIP at the time of this blog entry is a cozy paranormal mystery that I'm adapting from an old script written long ago by my mom. It's a challenge to fill in the gaps of a story--written by Mom--that, while needing to fix a few plot holes still maintains the intent and ambience of the original work. We don't want to offend Mom by changing up her story, after all, but that writing group critic inside me can see spots that need improvement. It's coming along well--I think--but wish me well in reaching the goal: a published work that incudes my mom's name on it.
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Speaking of writing running through the family genes, the book in the title, Legacy of the Hough Family, comes from a cousin of mine, Cora Lee Perry Palma. Her specialty is genealogy, mostly connected to her family--which extends into mine, and is rooted in the history of families throughout the Mohawk Valley of Central New York State. She has focused on the Hough family lineage, particularly in the village of St. Johnsville NY for this one, so it is a specialty read. Still, if your genealogy search has brought you here because of the right topic tags, I highly recommend that you check this book out. It's personal to the Hough family lineage, but if you're a Hough (or by extension, a Central NY Perry), it's worth a perusal. Cora Lee also has a more detailed book, From the Pear Tree: Historical Heritage of the Perry - Hanlon Family, that this new book compliments.
Am I in this book? No, thank goodness because my life is booorrring! But I do have a connecting lineage in this book that is pretty darned cool. Therefore, it's kinda (but not) self promotion. I've got some cool ancestors, though, and I don't care what anyone else says because that makes me cool. LOL... Do people say lol anymore? Doesn't matter. Still cool.
