Author and Novelist Glynn Young
A mother’s last words, a father’s final message, and a strange painting. Michael Kent-Hughes faces personal tragedy, one that leads to long-lasting damage to the relationship with his youngest child, Prince Thomas. As the young boy grows to adulthood and the estrangement with his father continues, he finds his own way in life. But in […]
Two additional reviews of Brookhaven have been published on Amazon. 5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written. Impossible to put down. This wonder of a Civil War novel captivated me from the first page. Set ostensibly in 1915 when the only female reporter for the NEW YORK …
Writing one historical novel does not make one an expert in the genre. I have written exactly one historical novel, Brookhaven, a romance set in the Civil War era and in 1915. To write Brookhaven, I didn’t turn to how-to works by historical novelists, historians, or romance writers, or read …
[Read More...] about 7 Tips for the Novice Historical Novel Writer – Learned the Hard Way
An author is always thrilled to receive a review – and doubly thrilled when it’s a positive one. My new historical novel / romance Brookhaven has (so far) three five-star reviews on Amazon; here they are. Immensely satisfying A quick admission, I usually have to be drug kicking and …
In the early 1980s, the Young family Bible was passed down to me from my father. We had looked at it together much earlier, especially the family records it contained. All of the entries for births and deaths, beginning in 1802 and ending in 1890, were in the same hand, presumably my …
[Read More...] about An Inspiration for “Brookhaven”: The Family Bible
The paperback edition of Brookhaven just arrived. I downloaded the Kindle version last Thursday, but it is something else to hold the physical book in my hands. Behind it are a few of the books (but only a few) I used for research. …
An award-winning speechwriter and communications professional, Glynn Young is the author of three novels and the non-fiction book Poetry at Work.
