Connie Lacy
How my book covers are born
Above, on the right, you see the cover of my latest novel, "Livvy and Enchanted Woodland." I'm super pleased with how it turned out....
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Connie Lacy
- Jun 15
- 2 min
Electricity in 1918. No electricity in 1930. How can that be?
My forthcoming novel is set in the year 1930. The main character lives on a farm in rural Georgia in the southeastern United States with...
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Connie Lacy
- Apr 7
- 2 min
Books that resonate
Sometimes books really resonate with readers. I’ve had that experience myself. So it was gratifying to hear from a woman recently who...
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Connie Lacy
- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
My Top Ten Time Travel List
As a writer of time travel fiction, I was asked recently which eras I would personally like to visit. This is my top ten list, assuming I...
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Connie Lacy
- Oct 31, 2021
- 2 min
Before the sewing machine
The main character in my new time travel historical, A Suffragette in Time, is a twenty-first century woman who must adapt to life in the...
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Connie Lacy
- Oct 6, 2021
- 1 min
My new novel available for pre-order!
I’m thrilled to announce pre-orders are available of the Kindle edition of my brand new time travel novel A Suffragette in Time....
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Connie Lacy
- Aug 29, 2021
- 2 min
Blushing as I write a sex scene
I’m re-sharing a popular blog post from 2016 about writing sex scenes in The Shade Ring Trilogy. The Shade Ring, Albedo Effect, and...
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Connie Lacy
- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
Brushing your teeth with a twig
Doing research for my forthcoming novel set in the 1850s, I learned that toothbrushes did exist back then, but they wouldn’t be mass...
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Connie Lacy
- Jul 4, 2021
- 2 min
The Gossip Bench
In my sixties coming-of-age novel A Daffodil for Angie there's a “gossip bench” or “telephone chair” in the hallway. It was a piece of...
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Connie Lacy
- May 30, 2021
- 2 min
Ain't it fascinating?
Doing research for a novel is a blast. You run across some intriguing information when you’re poking around. Like the history of the word...
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Connie Lacy
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
My debut audiobook is here!
I’m excited to announce that my first audiobook is now available on Amazon and iTunes. The narration of The Time Capsule is performed by...
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Connie Lacy
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Abolitionists make cameos in my next novel
I’m excited to have two inspiring abolitionists make cameo appearances in my next time travel novel. Both lived in Philadelphia where the...
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Connie Lacy
- Nov 29, 2020
- 2 min
Not for sissies: Train travel in the 1850s
The image is a romantic one. Women in fashionable full-length dresses boarding well-appointed trains for a scenic journey on the rails....
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Connie Lacy
- Aug 30, 2020
- 5 min
Like thrillers and mysteries? Let me introduce you to author William J. Cook and "sneaker waves."
From his perch along the scenic coast of Oregon, William J. Cook has written some really fine novels and short stories. I recently...
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Connie Lacy
- Jun 29, 2020
- 2 min
How hard can it be?
How hard can it be? That’s what went through my mind when I first decided to record my own audiobooks. I have decades of radio news...
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Connie Lacy
- May 1, 2020
- 1 min
I didn't mean to be clairvoyant
With my latest novel coming out in a matter of weeks, I expect to get questions about the timeliness of my new book. The backdrop for my...
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Connie Lacy
- Mar 30, 2020
- 3 min
The Shot Clinic
The summer I was eight years old my family moved from North Carolina to the Japanese island of Okinawa where my Army dad was stationed....
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Connie Lacy
- Feb 29, 2020
- 2 min
The Demise of Hats
If you traveled back in time to an American city in 1918, one of the first things you’d notice is hats. Lots and lots of hats. At any...
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Connie Lacy
- Jan 31, 2020
- 2 min
Arrested for showing too much skin on the beach
Imagine being arrested for wearing the wrong bathing suit. In 1918, the year my forthcoming novel takes place, that was a distinct...
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Connie Lacy
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
Thorny issues in my novels
Like a lot of people, I have concerns about a variety of issues. But because I’m a novelist, I get to weave the issues I’m worried about...
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