I blogged not too long ago about how we were stepping out in faith, moving with no job locked in for my husband. We’re moved in, back to the mountains of West Virginia from which I sprung (–sprang? had sprung?). I never thought I’d come back. It felt like the mountains suffocated me with their trees and limited sky-scapes. Turns… Read More
ORIGINS Blogfest…In Which a Poet Morphs into a Book-Writing Mom
For the Origins Blogfest, we’re supposed to chronicle our earliest remembrances of our writing superpowers…okay, maybe not superpowers, as you’ll quickly find out below. As you can tell from my monkey bar photo above, I had a highly cerebral childhood! Seriously, though, I was ambidextrous till K-4 (they made me choose), I read a LOT, and I liked phonics. This… Read More
The Next Book Cometh…
Hello, my fine readers! Here’s a little photo of my latest book endeavour. It is a follow-up to Otherworld. It is going to be a very fresh take on the Mothman tale of West Virginia. Do I like setting my books in West Virginia? Yes, there’s not a creepier, more isolated place around, in my opinion. The perfect place for… Read More
Otherworld Chapters 1-2
OTHERWORLD ByHeather Day Gilbert copyright Heather Day Gilbert–January 2009–all rights reserved No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author. “If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.” Genesis 4:7 CHAPTER 1 I know she has to… Read More