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
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
Mother’s Day
The view from my cup…memories. Although you might only see an African violet, I see memories of my mother. I’ve never been quite sure why people bemoan ‘turning into my mother’, or ‘sounding just...
The View From My Cup Newsletter
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