by Suzanne | Jan 26, 2018 | Quaker, Revell Books, Writing
A few years ago, I started reading of the first white settlers who came to Nantucket Island in 1659. At the time, Mary Coffin was fifteen years old, the youngest daughter of proprietors Tristram and Dionis Coffin. Only a few moments of Mary’s life are known: she...
by Suzanne | Jan 19, 2018 | Quaker, Revell Books, Uncategorized
My wonderful publisher, Revell, created this trailer to celebrate the Feb. 6th release of Phoebe’s Light. It gives a nice hint of what’s to come in Phoebe’s life. Oh, she has such high hopes!...
by Suzanne | Jan 17, 2018 | Books, Nantucket, Quaker, Revell Books, Writing
Say, have you heard the latest scuttlebutt? And did you know the word ‘scuttlebutt’ originated from a life at sea? Sailors would gather around an open cask of drinking water, a scuttled butt, and chat. Kind of like a 19th century version of the office...
by Suzanne | Jan 10, 2018 | Books, Nantucket, Quaker, Revell Books, Uncategorized, Writing
This new year is ‘crowding sail’ (seafaring lingo for whooshing along)! Most of it, for me, has been spent on prepping for the February 6th release of Phoebe’s Light. It’s the start of a new series, ‘Nantucket Legacy,’ that...