Author Archives: W. Keith Brenton
Dedications
The first book in my novel Cycle is, of course, dedicated to my late wife, Peggie Angela (Laird) Brenton. Gone now these eight-and-a-half years, she still inspires me with her noble and generous character, her great intelligence and passion for … Continue reading
Ghost Train
Railway Winery produces and offers this wispily mysterious white wine named for the “Ghost Train” story that is integral to the plot of the first novel in my series, The Water Cure. I quote the article from Railroad Magazine verbatim … Continue reading
Shedding Light on Paradox
The battery-powered conductor’s lantern becomes a symbol of paradox in all three novels of The “People of the Water” Cycle. In most cases, the paradox involves an effect that has no cause, due to the vicissitudes of time travel. This … Continue reading
Rocket Boy’s Gift
You meet this item about halfway through the second book in the Cycle, The Crystalline Clarity. One character calls it the “Hillbilly Spaceship.”
My Only Previous Title
And I can only take less-than-half credit for it! My late wife Angi and I wrote a Group Study Guide for our friend Darryl Tippens’ Pilgrim Heart, both published by and still available from Leafwood Publishers since 2006. Honestly, Angi … Continue reading
Whose Purse Is This?
If you’ve already read The Water Cure, you already know … as well as how she acquired it, its significance to her, and perhaps why she continues to use this late-1880s hand-crocheted purse with the satin liner decades later.
A First Review!
The wife of a friend of mine — I’ve never met her — has read all three of The “People of the Water” Cycle novels and has written the first review of the series on its Amazon page. And it’s … Continue reading
Did Spring Waters Actually Heal People?
The characters in my novel series encounter a world where many, many people seem to be healed by the spring waters of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Doctors of the time certified the claims; they were spoken of in newspaper accounts and … Continue reading
Acknowledgments
I messaged my friends at Mud Street Cafe and Mud Street Annex to let them know how much I appreciate their hospitality while I was clicking away on the Kensington keyboard of my little old iPad Mini 2, writing drafts … Continue reading
Sextants in Space
Around the time I was writing the introductory chapter to The Water Cure — about an astronaut using a sextant to get the spacecraft’s position in orbit — there were astronauts trying it again in the International Space Station. It … Continue reading
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