Pat Conroy, author of several novels, including The Great Santini. The book is written about the tumultuous relationship with his father, an US Marine. By Rebecca T. Dickinson "[Culture at the Citadel] showed me something about mankind I needed to know as a writer." – Pat Conroy Good year so far. Not in terms of… Continue reading Conversations with the Greats
Category: History
Follow the Red Brick Road
By Rebecca T. Dickinson I took the red brick road. With two left feet, the 18-year-old version of me took her first step on the red bricks of the University of South Carolina's Horseshoe. In flip flops, other people would—and still—trip over bricks popping out of place since the 1800s. The pathway not only took… Continue reading Follow the Red Brick Road
Thoughts for Doctor Zhivago
"If I had touched you with so much as the tip of my finger, a spark would have lit up the room and either killed me on the spot or charged me for the whole of my life with magnetic waves of sorrow and longing." Boris Pasternack, Doctor Zhivago, p. 427 By Rebecca… Continue reading Thoughts for Doctor Zhivago
The Boy with No Mother
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The Writer Asks
Words and Photos By Rebecca T. Dickinson I did not believe I had much of a story from my childhood and youth. Sure my mom said there were family stories I could write. She didn't understand those stories, to me, were inside jokes. An aunt told me I needed to experience life and one day I'd be an author … maybe,… Continue reading The Writer Asks
The Family Owned
By R.T. Dickinson The Missouri man opened Joey's Lunchroom in Bamberg, South Carolina in 1868. Joey Langston had hired workers to build a two-story wooden building. They painted it blue and added a big white sign. The post-War city developed around the railroad. Memories of cotton and slaves were but whispers among Langston's customers. He hired… Continue reading The Family Owned
The Histories of a World: Real and Fictional
Words and Photo by Rebecca T. Dickinson Everything comes with history. Most people come with baggage. No matter the time period of your story, poem or the old newspaper article you have discovered as a source for a research paper, people of anytime can connect to history. With my background in history, I have tried make it pop and… Continue reading The Histories of a World: Real and Fictional
A Dose of Hemingway Reality
By Rebecca T. Dickinson Of all Ernest Hemingway's books and stories, To Have and Have Not is not the first recommendation from an editor. The book covers I found for To Have and Have Not mostly show sailboats or ships on the ocean on a bright blue day. The cover below depicts the real colors… Continue reading A Dose of Hemingway Reality
In the Time of Hitler
I fell in love in the time of Hitler. Turmoil escalated the terror of what we-those of us who lived on the coast of the long, skinny state - when German submarines scaled our borders. The waves no longer reflected silver-blue of the moon. They shook in fear of what lay below their waters. Two… Continue reading In the Time of Hitler
Corrie's Season 