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    September on Echo Creek

A single ethical concession, requested by her fiancé, forces Gaylynn Nelson to take a trip that ignites a series of dizzying events changing the lives of friends and family in her Manhattan home and in the rural mountains of western North Carolina. In September on Echo Creek, a character driven novel, the affluent socialite protagonist is confronted by her conscience and her life style in this story of cultural clash and betrayal. During a period of thirty days she is forced to accept the fact her future is threatened, not by an acknowledged adversary, but by those who profess love for her. With the help of friends, old and new, Gaylynn faces redefining whom she is—and survives an attempt on her life.

A story of a woman who breaks her family-imposed bonds to become her own person, September on Echo Creek is a novel that illustrates how everyday events lead people to become enmeshed in circumstances that rock their worlds. It empowers those how struggle similarly by showing how new friends, a change of environment, even lyrics to a song can liberate them. 

The following excerpt portrays how Gaylynn comes to grips with changing her life and makes her bargain with it, even though she knows she has major trials left to face:

Her paints mixed and lodged on the pallet, Gaylynn set upon the task of making each stroke, each daub of paint a perfect reproduction of what her eyes saw.  Her feelings for the spot would not allow her to do otherwise.  She wanted to remember every rock, every fern, the exact structure of the rock formation creating the falls, the way the water cascaded down to the clear pool below.  These objects, stable as the streambed Echo Creek’s waters flowed through, were dear to her, reverent parts of a new life she hoped for.  The place and its people were fresh and honest—symbolic of the life she sought.

In attempting to make the painting precisely what she saw, the scene on the canvas and the murmuring waters revealed another truth.  As there had been changes within Gaylynn during her September on Echo Creek, there were subtle changes to the stream’s surroundings.  Summer’s lush green was evolving into fall’s old olive with the first hints of gold, tan, red and orange soon to follow, appearing in the foliage.  The best she could do was catch a fleeting image and record it, for Echo Creek was a never-ending work in progress.  These changes would continue until time ceased to exist for this magical spot.  The falling waters told Gaylynn she must understand life is the same.  And content in that knowledge, Gaylynn resumed painting, her heart holding the brush.

This novel features the original lyrics to It's Only Love by Melissa Wade and Wild Blue Yonder and is incorporated in the plot line at a critical point in this tale of human resurection.  The book is available with a CD containing It's Only Love and 10 other original Wild Blue Yonder songs  recorded on this CD especially for the publication of September On Echo Creek.

September On Echo Creek has won several awards including a mainstream literary novel award from POW (Promoting Outstanding Writers) and a "book of the month" award from a Knoxville news network. Get a copy for your reading and listening enjoyment.