Hello, I’m Lynne

an urban Appalachian author writing about life at Mid-Century and beyond, food and recipes, writing craft, and more recently fiction stories that give flight to the stories in my head.

Lynne’s Books

Letters to My Son: Reflections of Urban Appalachia at Mid Century

Letters to My Son: Reflections of Urban Appalachia at Mid Century

Breaching the Chrysler Building

Mid-Century Recipes from Cocktails to Comfort Food

Writers on Writing: Daily Inspiration for Writers

The View From My Cup: Musings of a (Coffee) Drinker

Looking Back at Charleston

Praise for Letters to My Son – Reflections on Urban Appalachia at Mid-Century: “This little gem nostalgically reveals the other side of growing up in Appalachia – the urban side. It’s a story worth reading.”

— Carter Taylor Seaton

“No! Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.”

— Yoda

“Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.”

— Margaret Chittenden

Latest Blogs

Working From Home

Working From Home

The view from my cup…working from home. As with most writers, I have a day job. One that provides insurance, sick and vacation days, and a regular paycheck. Currently, with the Covid-19...

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The View From My Cup on the Ides of March

The View From My Cup on the Ides of March

The view from my cup…a slice of sticky bun. The hubs and I have a Sunday morning ritual. He gets up, gets dressed, and goes out to pick up the Huntington and Charleston newspapers. Some mornings he...

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The View from My Cup…

The View from My Cup…

The view from my cup…a cobweb in the morning light. Cobwebs are delicate, fleeting works of art and just one of many things I have enjoyed seeing while my face hasn’t been glued to a phone screen...

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