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Rebecca S. Ramsey

French By Heart Has Hit The Stores! Come see me at www.rebeccasramsey.com.

About Me

I'm a writer and a mom. In my past lives I've taught high school chemistry, ran an antique booth, worked as a seamstress, directed a summer day camp for homeless kids, taught preschool, and worked in a lab. I was writing all the while, just for myself, believing that real people don't get published, but now I know they do!French by Heart is now in stores!!! I'm finishing a sequel to it, and am midway through a novel. Keep an eye out for more books to come!Come visit me at my website, www.rebeccasramsey.comI get myspace layouts at UltimateMySpace.com. Get this layout

My Interests

Writing! Reading. France. Going to junky flea markets. Painting. Having coffee with friends. Going out for burritos with Todd and the kids. Click on Pics to see photos of my family (my chief interest of course!) in our former French life.

I'd like to meet:

People who love to read! People who love to write. People who like to laugh and who think their families are funny. People who love life, love God and think life's a big mystery. Southerners and people from other places. People who love France! People who love people (they're the happiest people in the world!)Fannie Flagg, Bailey White, Jimmy Carter, Frederick Buechner, Garrison Keillor, Clyde Edgerton, Lee Smith, Christopher Paul Curtis, Barbara Park

Music:

I like almost everything. My favorites...Van Morrison, Lyle Lovett, Greg Brown, kd lang, Kirk Franklin, Iris DeMent, James Taylor, Francis Cabrel, Peter Mayer, Carla Bruni, and Tracy Chapman

Books:


French By Heart

French By Heart, of course! Welcome to the World, Baby Girl, by Fannie Flagg, Walking Across Egypt, by Clyde Edgerton, Mama Makes Up Her Mind, by Bailey White, anything by Philip Gulley, The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd, and Listening to Your Life, by Frederick Buechner (It's set up to read one passage every day but I read months at a time--it's so good!)

My Blog

Juggling

Hey everyone,Here's a link to a guest blog I did back in May on my agent Nathan Bransford's site.  If you're trying to juggle family life with the writing life, here's my two cents worth!Just cut...
Posted by Rebecca S. Ramsey on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:25:00 PST

What The New York Times is saying about French By Heart...

Hey y'all!  The New York Times reviewed my book...and they liked it!  Whew!Here's what they said...Unlike the flotilla of expatriates who publish memoirs of their sojourns in France, Ramsey ...
Posted by Rebecca S. Ramsey on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:36:00 PST

Life in France is a oui bit different--the article

Hey everyone!  Here's an article that came out recently in The Greenville News, my local paper, about French By Heart.  Hope you enjoy it!Life in France is a oui bit different Greenville fam...
Posted by Rebecca S. Ramsey on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:12:00 PST

I Like Mikey--A Cool New Way to See Free Chapters!

Hi y'all!I'm so excited about a new website that my editor at Random House set up to read excerpts.  French By Heart is the very first book to use it!  Whoo hoo!Just go to www.mikeynyc.com a...
Posted by Rebecca S. Ramsey on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:30:00 PST

Publishers Weekly Review

..>..>..>..>..>..>   French by Heart: An American Family...
Posted by Rebecca S. Ramsey on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:50:00 PST

Let me introduce you to French By Heart

Hi everyone!Since I'm brand new to the blog thing and feeling a little shy, I thought I'd start by sharing what my new book, French By Heart, is all about.  And what better way to explain it than...
Posted by Rebecca S. Ramsey on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:14:00 PST