Meet Lynne Marie - I grew up in South Carolina and have lived and worked in the coastal region with my husband for over 30 years. I started writing in the mid-1990s, but with no formal training in creative writing, and a family to raise, the learning curve took years. I soon discovered that I loved what I refer to as spike history - everything I could learn about a time span, usually 5 years or less, in a very localized setting. I have spent uncounted research hours scouring through many coastal libraries, as well as touring numerous plantations and historic sites collecting data. I went on lo...