Shackelford Beach

Shackelford Beach
Serene Shackelford

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

WriteHisAnswer Conference

Philly was cooler a couple of days. I went to a writers' conference. Met with my editor of Harpstring Magazine. My story,"Saved From An Angry Horse," was sold out because my editor laid them out and I promoted it of course. Praise God that I got 2 more editors interested in my stories. One is an African American professor who is interested in my "Slave to Slave Master" about the richest man in the South with over 160 slaves and 30 homes and 3 plantations. The other editor is interested in my horse story, "A Golden Gelding, Lightning." Did you know that 25% of Blacks in Charleston, SC were free and some owned slaves? In New Bern 10% of the "coloreds" were free and some owned slaves before Nat Turner rebelled. Just like John Wilkes Booth hurt the South, Nat Turner hurt slaves.