Episode 002: The Making of The ROSE of Brays Bayou - God Bless Texas Women by Sidney St. James

<p>FROM THE MEMOIRS OF DILUE ROSE HARRIS (The Runaway Scrape, the Great Runaway or the Sabine Shoot)</p> <p>Creative nonfiction has become the most popular genre in our literary communities. &nbsp;Recent creative nonfiction titles on the best-seller lists include Laura Hillenbrand's <em>Unbroken</em> or Dave Egger's <em>Zeitoun</em> and, of course, Sidney St. James' <em>The ROSE of Brays Bayou - God Bless Texas Women</em>.</p> <p>James discusses the early stages of writing this creative nonfiction novel and does so in writing scenes throughout the pages which represents the difference between showing and telling. Many books on memoirs will tell the reader about a subject or a place, but Sidney St. James, <em>a teller of stories and writer of novels</em>, shows the subject and place vividly and memorably... in action scenes.</p> <p>In this podcast, The Making of <em>The ROSE of Brays Bayou</em>, James discusses the early stages of happenings that led to the writing of this novel. These happenings are a "True" account of actual ghosts from the Smithson family and others interrupting the contractors on multiple occasions. One such happening was a ghost, her name was "Annie" who wrote her name on the top of a paint can lid in front of the contractor while the room dropped twenty degrees... scout's honor.</p> <p>Sidney St. James was given in 2005 a typewritten manuscript from William Kell who received it from a Harris family member. Kell, in turn, gave it to the author and his wife for their successful completion of restoration of the Smithson-Struss home in Eagle Lake, Texas where Dilue Rose Harris wrote her memoirs of that fearful time in Texas history, The Runaway Scrape.</p> <p>Follow my Podcasts on Spotify, Anchor, &nbsp;Pocket Casts, RadioPublic or at www.sidneystjames.com or on www.instagram.com/sidneyst.james.</p> <p>Tags: #scifi #fantasy #romance #texashistory #writing #authors #publishing #creativenonfiction #memoirs #christianity #religion #alamo #ACFW #RWA #sidneystjames #memoirs #podcast #beeboppublishing