Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.2, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Audrey Penn You're Never Alone With A Book ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.audreypenn.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Chester Raccoon and Blackbeard welcome you to Audrey Penn's Blog](https://www.audreypenn.com/chester-raccoon-and-blackbeard-welcome-you-to-audrey-penns-blog/) - This blog entry first appeared June 18, 2009 Welcome, thank you for your get well wishes, and Blackbeard's mirror takes four kids to the Civil War. Dear friends, As this is my first entry on my first Blog, I'd like to say hello and welcome aboard. I am really excited about sharing with you what - [Recovering from more JRA related surgery, and back to writing](https://www.audreypenn.com/recovering-from-more-jra-related-surgery-and-back-to-writing/) - This entry first appeared July 22, 2009 New book, new CD, Blackbeard's mystery takes the children to the Civil War. But how do they get back? What's next for Chester Raccoon? Now that I'm back at writing and back in the world of Blackbeard's mysteries, we find Stefanie, Daniel, Mark, and Billy caught in the - [Working, Laughing, Excited](https://www.audreypenn.com/working-laughing-excited/) - This entry first appeared on October 2, 2009 Back from Ocracoke Island with new stories and information needed for book four. Chester Raccoon and The Acorn Full of Memories is out as is CD for Chester Raccoon and The Big Bad Bully Blackbeard's Legacy: Shared/Time is almost finished. First draft, that is. But. again, the - [Was, Would, Could](https://www.audreypenn.com/was-would-could/) - This post first appeared on October 25, 2009 I've discovered the words "was", "would", and "could" muck up a story I've discovered that I have run into a pattern of using the words was, would, and could when writing my novel. He was walking to the store. It would be better if he did it - [The Beginning](https://www.audreypenn.com/the-beginning/) - This post first appeared on October 27, 2009 my brothers were my reason for writing My parents were so busy after school, they often couldn't take time to hear what I had to say about school or my complaints about my two older brothers. So...., I discovered if I wrote down my complaints and what - [Happy Halloween](https://www.audreypenn.com/happy-halloween/) - This post first appeared on October 31, 2009 What a great time to be a character in a book Happy Halloween everyone. Today I am dressed and made up to be Mrs. Raccoon. I really am Chester Raccoon's mom which is a very wonderful thing to be We've decided not to dress Charlie, our boxer; - [Happy Thanksgiving](https://www.audreypenn.com/happy-thanksgiving/) - This post first appeared on November 18, 2009 I'm getting a new hip tomorrow, November 19th, so I won't be hopping around for a while I want to wish every reader a Happy Thanksgiving. I will be healing for a while so I won't be on line. As soon as I am well I will - [Hello Friends](https://www.audreypenn.com/hello-friends/) - This post first appeared on January 17, 2010 love hearing from you Dear #1. Thank you so much for reading my blog and writing to me. I'm very new at blogging and have to practice writing on it a lot more. If you want to write a letter to me you can send it to - [Thank You Bloggers](https://www.audreypenn.com/thank-you-bloggers/) - What's happening on the writing front Dear Lattice, You have no idea how excited I am about your blog entry. Being new at this, I've been waiting for someone to catch on and communicate. I'm especially excited about your response to the Blackbeard mysteries. Writing them is the most fun I have ever had. When - [It's my mess and I know where everything is](https://www.audreypenn.com/its-my-mess-and-i-know-where-everything-is/) - This entry first appeared on February 4, 2010 Research is my favorite part of writing, but boy can it get me waylaid. I'm doing most of my hard research now for the fourth Blackbeard book Blackbeard's Legacy: Shared/Time. About a third of the book takes place on Aug. 28th, 1861, the day Fort Hatteras, Fort - [Weeding the Garden](https://www.audreypenn.com/weeding-the-garden/) - This post first appeared on February 28, 2010 when the words get in the way of a good story I recently spent two weeks on a chapter that I really liked. It had great dialogue, my favorite thing to write, good descriptions of Blackbeard's ship, Ocracoke Island during the Civil War at Fort Hatteras, Fort - [Visiting Lives Who Are Not](https://www.audreypenn.com/visiting-lives-who-are-not/) - This post first appeared on September 20, 2010 who is to say a character is not alive because it didn't arrive in the usual way once again my fragile body has taken me away from my books, research, school visits, letter answering, and blog entries and answers. thanks to my red pencil (editor Pierre;some of - [The Dream of Writing in Solitude](https://www.audreypenn.com/the-dream-of-writing-in-solitude/) - This week, I began chapter three of my fourth, and final novel of the Blackbeard Mysteries. I began chapter two, two years ago. I started out great guns, then, I got stuck on a single, short sentence. One of my characters said something and I had no idea what he meant. 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