BLOGWORDS – Friday 9 January 2026– FIRST LINE FRIDAY – CLARA BESS by ROBIN E. MASON

BLOGWORDS – Friday 9 January 2026– FIRST LINE FRIDAY – CLARA BESS by ROBIN E. MASON


FIRST LINE FRIDAY – CLARA BESS by ROBIN E. MASON

 

THE BOOK

* because my writing has been on (unintentional) hiatus, and I’m diving back into my current WIP, starting the year focused on my books

 

 

THE BLURB

CLARA BESS wasn’t at all prepared for what she unearthed at the bottom of her mother’s keepsake box. Not in with legal papers, not in her own baby book, not in the safe even.

On the day of her 50th birthday, Clara Bess Caldwell was not with her family basking in the joy of a blissful Christmas Day winding down. She was not enjoying eggnog or coffee by a fireplace, nor was she checking a goose roasting in the oven.

Clara Bess was at her mother’s house, going through her personal effects, something she had put off for several weeks. Her children, her husband, her siblings, had all urged her to wait another day. To not put herself through this ordeal on Christmas Day.

“But it was her birthday, too.” Clara Bess reminded them.

 

THE FIRST LINE

Oh, Momma! Why didn’t you ever tell me?

 

THE AUTHOR

“I’ve always had voices—er, stories in my head. I once said I should write them all down so someone could write them someday. I had no idea at the time that someone was me!”


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My stories are deep and dark, my characters raw and real, with a healthy helping of hope and joy, humor and laughter, and abiding and sustaining faith.

My characters struggle in some way for their identity. Their stories are their journey to know who God created them to be.

There is also a strong element of friends, family, and faith in all my stories, and the difference it makes to have such a support system.

  

  • unsavory heritage series—seven generations, from Cissy to Connie, each with their own secrets, one of which is ugly and unsavory, and initiates the curse they all bear
  • Seasons series—four friends, each one struggling to know the truth of just what happened when one of them plunged into the depths of the black waters of the Edisto River
  • FourSquare – Four stories about four couples who also happen to be four sets of twins.

 

 

“Maybe you have to know the darkness to truly appreciate the light.”—Madeline L’Engle

 

“There is freedom waiting for you on the breezes of the sky. And you ask, What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?” —Erin Hanson

 

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https://twitter.com/RobinEMason1

https://www.bookbub.com/authors/robin-e-mason

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7808042.Robin_E_Mason

 


 

 #Blogwords, First Line Friday, #FLF, Clara Bess, Robin E. Mason, unsavory heritage, Tessa, Cissy

 

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