Friday, January 22, 2021
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GREENUP
The latest food inspection reports from the Greenup County Health Department are:
My Dad’s Pizzaria 96
Giovanni’s of Russell 97
Oakmont Manor 98
Trinity Station 99
Morning Pointe of Russell 100
McDonalds of Flatwoods 99
RUSSELL
The bridge from U.S. 23 to Ironton will be closed from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, for a construction project. Motorists can use the Lloyd or Ashland bridges.
The latest food inspection reports from the Greenup County Health Department are:
My Dad’s Pizzaria 96
Giovanni’s of Russell 97
Oakmont Manor 98
Trinity Station 99
Morning Pointe of Russell 100
McDonalds of Flatwoods 99
RUSSELL
The bridge from U.S. 23 to Ironton will be closed from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, for a construction project. Motorists can use the Lloyd or Ashland bridges.
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Local author to debut suspense novel
ASHLAND – Rebecca Coram always knew she wanted to be a writer. Even at a young age, she dreamed of being a best-selling author. But it wasn’t until she attended a writing conference and became part of the local writing community that she realized she really could do it.
On March 16, her suspense novel “The Secret of the 14th Room,” written under her pseudonym of Rebecca Hemlock, will be released by Celebratelit. The Christian romantic suspense tells the story of a young man who returns to his hometown for his grandmother’s funeral and learns that not was all as it seemed.
“His grandmother raised him when he was orphaned and taught him to love and respect,” Coram says. “When he begins going through her things, he finds his family history holds secrets that others would love to get their hands on. He must do everything in his power to preserve his grandmother’s memory and the hidden treasures she protected.”
“The Secret of the 14th Room” is the first in a trilogy. Coram says it was inspired by some of the Applachian studies classes she took at Ashland Community and Technical College. She is drawing on many of the old Appalachian traditions in this series to help define her characters, she says.
Coram is also the author of novellas, short stories and children’s books written as A.C. Burcham.
Her educational background isn’t typical for a writer.
“I didn’t have a traditional education growing up,” she says. “I was homeschooled, not in the sense children are today. My mom spent most of her days educating us to the best of her ability. Yes, we did learn from books, but she taught us life skills that most kids don’t learn until they are adults.
“I worked a few part-time jobs in my late teens and early twenties, but thanks to the watchful eye of my eldest brother, I made a solid choice of what I was going to do for the next five years of my life. He made sure I didn’t drift through life with no plans. At the age of 22, I was able to get a GED and started classes at Ashland Community and Technical College. I graduated in 2017 with an associates degree and an Appalachian studies certificate in creative writing.”
Coram was a Raceland resident for several years but recently, I moved back to Ashland.
“2017 was the year I married the love of my life, and we now have two beautiful children,” she says.
The author says she was sitting and sipping coffee with her mother one morning when her mother mentioned a local writing conference she saw advertised online.
“I felt like a fraud attending but had stars in my eyes when I left,” she said. “They showed me that my dream was actually attainable through hard work. The Dogwood Writers Conference is still one of the highlights of my year.”
Coram is a member of the KYOWA Writers, which sponsors the conference, as well as Christian Writers of the Tri-State.
With two small children, Coram’s life is already hectic. But writing is a priority. She uses mornings before they wake up, nap time and hours after they go to bed to write. Even though being a mommy is her top priority, she writes 1,000 to 1,500 words a day.
“If I have a super busy day, I make myself get at least 500 words on the page,” she says. “I don’t push myself because I enjoy being a write and I don’t want that to change.”
What if she wasn’t a writer?
She’s never considered a different career because, she says, writing gives her opportunities to experience other professions.
“If I want to be a nurse, a police officer, a spy, a chef, I simply write a story about it,” she says. “The research and writing process always satisfies the interest. Writing is such a big part of who I am.”
On March 16, her suspense novel “The Secret of the 14th Room,” written under her pseudonym of Rebecca Hemlock, will be released by Celebratelit. The Christian romantic suspense tells the story of a young man who returns to his hometown for his grandmother’s funeral and learns that not was all as it seemed.
“His grandmother raised him when he was orphaned and taught him to love and respect,” Coram says. “When he begins going through her things, he finds his family history holds secrets that others would love to get their hands on. He must do everything in his power to preserve his grandmother’s memory and the hidden treasures she protected.”
“The Secret of the 14th Room” is the first in a trilogy. Coram says it was inspired by some of the Applachian studies classes she took at Ashland Community and Technical College. She is drawing on many of the old Appalachian traditions in this series to help define her characters, she says.
Coram is also the author of novellas, short stories and children’s books written as A.C. Burcham.
Her educational background isn’t typical for a writer.
“I didn’t have a traditional education growing up,” she says. “I was homeschooled, not in the sense children are today. My mom spent most of her days educating us to the best of her ability. Yes, we did learn from books, but she taught us life skills that most kids don’t learn until they are adults.
“I worked a few part-time jobs in my late teens and early twenties, but thanks to the watchful eye of my eldest brother, I made a solid choice of what I was going to do for the next five years of my life. He made sure I didn’t drift through life with no plans. At the age of 22, I was able to get a GED and started classes at Ashland Community and Technical College. I graduated in 2017 with an associates degree and an Appalachian studies certificate in creative writing.”
Coram was a Raceland resident for several years but recently, I moved back to Ashland.
“2017 was the year I married the love of my life, and we now have two beautiful children,” she says.
The author says she was sitting and sipping coffee with her mother one morning when her mother mentioned a local writing conference she saw advertised online.
“I felt like a fraud attending but had stars in my eyes when I left,” she said. “They showed me that my dream was actually attainable through hard work. The Dogwood Writers Conference is still one of the highlights of my year.”
Coram is a member of the KYOWA Writers, which sponsors the conference, as well as Christian Writers of the Tri-State.
With two small children, Coram’s life is already hectic. But writing is a priority. She uses mornings before they wake up, nap time and hours after they go to bed to write. Even though being a mommy is her top priority, she writes 1,000 to 1,500 words a day.
“If I have a super busy day, I make myself get at least 500 words on the page,” she says. “I don’t push myself because I enjoy being a write and I don’t want that to change.”
What if she wasn’t a writer?
She’s never considered a different career because, she says, writing gives her opportunities to experience other professions.
“If I want to be a nurse, a police officer, a spy, a chef, I simply write a story about it,” she says. “The research and writing process always satisfies the interest. Writing is such a big part of who I am.”
