Dealing Down in Darien

Last weekend I went with my writing partner, Paige Mercer Cummings and her husband Mike, to Darien, Georgia. To sell some books. And sit on the deck overlooking the river, with beer and seafood.

I’ve recommended Paige’s novel, Under the Liberty Oak, a first-class read set on the Georgia coast.

We sold books in a sunlit square, together with two dozen painters, some potters and some miscellaneous artists. We were the only writers. Westerns sold surprisingly well for the Georgia coastal area, where history is more Revolutionary and Civil War. Paige sold much more than I did.

Darien a little town in that historic stretch of coast between Brunswick and Savannah. Pleasant, quiet, big Live Oaks and Spanish moss. Under the Liberty Oak is set in a fictional town, Liberty, which is based on Darien. Paige spent her childhood there. She gave me a tour of the town and its environs. It’s always nice to go behind the scenes with someone who knows the area.

There’s such a contrast with our severe South Texas Gulf coast, which is a desert by comparison. Both coasts are protected by offshore barrier islands, much more mesic in Georgia than in Texas. They have another common feature – oyster shell roads. Remember those?

Comments

[Karen]

Sounds like you are having a wonderful spring. This blog is giving me wanderlust.