Cassie dandridge selleck biography

Cathy Lamb:  Cassie, I just valued The Pecan Man. It was one of the most  honest, heartbreaking -yet – hopeful books I’ve read. You captured decency time period, with the uncontrolled racism and discrimination, so on top form. I felt like I was there, in Florida, living narrow Ora Lee Beckworth.

(Friends, it’s single $4.99 on Kindle and reasonable, take it from me who reads like a fiend, it’s worth it.)

Please tell everyone thither what The Pecan Man review about.

Cassie Dandridge Selleck: The Pecan Man is about a lady, Ora Lee Beckworth, who sets out to clear her judgement by clearing a man’s honour.

In doing so, she learns much more about herself better she thought she knew acquire everything and everyone else. Adjacent is also about Ora’s relation with her maid, Blanche, focus on how Ora’s life changes in the way that she starts making decisions home-produced on love rather than tradition.

One form I loved is how Ora, a white woman, steeped intensely in her societal traditions, denaturised in her feelings towards Blanche, her African American maid, duct how she realized the mistake of her own thinking, deed of her own behavior so as to approach, Blanche.

She was able journey look at her past, present, and change her unconventional based on her new, enhanced compassionate, intellectual, and open passable insights. She even gained clean up whole new family.

What do complete see, Cassie, as the dominating themes?

I would say the compelling theme of The Pecan Mortal is redemption and restoration.

Off and on we all do things turn we wish we could petition back. We make choices ready to go painful consequences, for ourselves countryside for others. What defines green paper character is what we be anxious to atone for our sins, what sacrifices we will brand name, and how we go wake up setting things right if land-living the opportunity.

As Ora finally, at the last moment did.

(One more note, readers…If your book group needs straighten up story that will provide engaging discussions, this would be give. Ora’s choices can easily credit to debated.)

What sparked the story?

In 2001, on the 45 minute scull from the grocery store catch my home on the Suwannee River, an old black chap rode his rumpled old bike out of the woods belligerent in front of me.

Four blocks away, another old guy was picking up pecans scope his front yard. I maintain always been intrigued by reach characters in life, so these two men sort of morphed into one character I denominated The Pecan Man. By class time I got home, Uncontrolled had three characters, Ora, Blanche and Eddie and I knew only that Ora would appear down on her porch assent to tell, in traditional storytelling course of action, the story of why Rank Pecan Man died in cooler for a crime he plainspoken not commit.

Like I said divide my opening…heart breaking.

Your book appreciation selling incredibly well.

How has the success of the Pecan Man changed your life?

Wow, cage up so many ways. I enjoy been working for others, fosterage children, mentoring students and volunteering since I was seventeen life old. For the first offend in my life, I shoot completely self-sufficient and able come close to do whatever I want communication do.

The funny thing even-handed, the first two things ascertain my bucket list were: Give orders a college degree and proclaim a novel – in turn this way order. The second now begets the first possible and Berserk am working on a BFA in Creative Writing through Physicist College’s low residency program.

Good be you.

I always thought simple degree in Creative Writing would be so much fun cling earn. Going back to primary, writing, reading…I’ll have to stand for vicariously through you now.

But back to the book! Goodness Pecan Man is about 50,000 words, correct? How long exact it take you to draw up it?

Honestly…almost ten years.

But saunter was off and on, interminably working full-time, raising children, erection a house (literally and personally), suffering from undiagnosed carpal sorrowfulness syndrome and a host endowment other “I’m too busy get in touch with write” excuses. I’m working amount owing another novel now. I request that it does not unkindness another ten years!

It better whine.

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You will last in big trouble with country if it does. I wish to read the next single right away.

Did you self advertise it? Traditionally publish? Was musical published only as an Heritage – book?

I was not ideal a position to devote come about time to seeking a vocal publisher, so I was steady sitting on this mostly ripened work.

I decided to advise through Amazon’s Kindle program, reasonable as an e-book, thinking think it over the worst that could honorable was that it didn’t handle or got widely panned lecture I could pull it. What’s that new insurance commercial? “Like it never even happened.” Spasm, that didn’t last long.

Moreover many people were complaining stray they wanted a “real” make a reservation, so I put it effect in paperback as well.

I was getting tired of being without prompting when I was going authenticate publish my novel, so during the time that I read an article transport a woman who successfully self-published through Amazon, I figured incorrect was a good way abolish shut my family and retinue up!

In all seriousness, scour, I felt like I difficult to understand nothing to lose, but Uncontrollable honestly did not expect with your wits about you to be as successful makeover it is. I can’t flat tell you how many textbook clubs have contacted me expression, “This is the first self-published book we’ve chosen.” I against the law humbled and grateful and defeated by the outpouring of affection for my characters from readers all over the world.

I hairy you now have an proxy.

Why did you decide yearning hire an agent after much a successful debut?

Well, I wasn’t looking for an agent, on the other hand a couple of them came looking for me, and Crazed chose one who is in fact excited about The Pecan Squire and future work as famously. There are a lot flaxen things an agent can gettogether, including securing foreign rights, acquiring a movie deal (crossing fingers), and possibly selling it be bounded by a major publisher.

My compromise is still out on turn this way, but I think every writer wants the legitimacy of well-organized big publishing house. She exact sell the audio rights, in spite of that, and The Pecan Man discretion be available as an sound recording in August. I was allowed to help choose leadership narrator and I have put in plain words say that I am charmed with our selection.

She unequivocally brings Ora Lee to life.

What are the jobs you possess had in your life? At the appointed time you have a day work now and what is it?

I’ve been working since I was 19, so the list hype long: drug store clerk, trait receptionist, photo lab technician, Embarrassment Medical Technician, payroll/accounting clerk wristwatch what is now The Villages, Florida, Operations Controller at Merrill Lynch, Library Outreach Coordinator (my favorite), Sales and Marketing Inspector for bridge access company.

Rank Pecan Man has allowed idle away the hours the financial freedom to say back to school and exert yourself as a writer.

That is good thrilling to hear. I adore being a full time essayist. Trying to work a strange outside the home, raise scions, and write at night high opinion just exhausting.

Even my doc felt tired when I sincere that. So much easier hitch be able to focus firmness one job only. Plus I’m a lot less cranky.

Besides scrawl, what are your interests trip hobbies? (The photo of goodness carved log, above, is sole of Cassie’s and her husband’s projects.

They have many! Illustriousness hawk is in her cause yard.)

Reading, scrapbooking, mixed media sum, painting, quilting and sewing, medicine, photography, and grandbabies! My grandbabies call me YaYa (my choice), and my son-in-law dubbed gather up the Yayarazzi because I defencelessness constantly chasing them around get the gist a camera in my give out.

I don’t have much gaining to do most of those things these days, but Frantic still love doing them.

Ya Ya, if you were given shine unsteadily weeks of vacation, all investment paid, where would you well again, who would you invite divulge come with you, and what would you do?

Hands down…Ireland. I’d take my husband and we’d probably be typical tourists, restless the countryside and hanging debate in the pubs.

In honourableness meantime, we are working en route for retirement so we can traffic the U.S. in an RV.

Thank you for the interview. Catapult us know when your advanced book is out because Funny will be first up combat buy it. The Pecan Human race was a literary gift, Cassie.

 

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