Books and Brew Episode #55: MJ Williams
Nov 7, 2023 ·
1h 25s
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MJ Williams is the pen-name for the writing duo, Peggy Joque Williams and Mary Joy Johnson. Peggy is a freelance writer and book editor. A retired elementary school teacher, Peggy...
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MJ Williams is the pen-name for the writing duo, Peggy Joque Williams and Mary Joy Johnson. Peggy is a freelance writer and book editor.
A retired elementary school teacher, Peggy has taught creative writing classes and workshops for Madison College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Continuing Studies. She is a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, Sisters in Crime, and the Wisconsin Writers Association. She will be debuting her first solo historical novel, Courting the Sun: A Novel of Versailles, next May (2024), to be published by Black Rose Writing. Mary Joy is a retired professor of writing. Together they co-wrote and independently published two mystery novels centering on Emily and Stan Remington who travel the country in their RV -- On the Road to Death’s Door, a Wisconsin Library Association award winner, and On the Road to Where the Bells Toll. MJ's Readings:
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A retired elementary school teacher, Peggy has taught creative writing classes and workshops for Madison College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Continuing Studies. She is a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, Sisters in Crime, and the Wisconsin Writers Association. She will be debuting her first solo historical novel, Courting the Sun: A Novel of Versailles, next May (2024), to be published by Black Rose Writing. Mary Joy is a retired professor of writing. Together they co-wrote and independently published two mystery novels centering on Emily and Stan Remington who travel the country in their RV -- On the Road to Death’s Door, a Wisconsin Library Association award winner, and On the Road to Where the Bells Toll. MJ's Readings:
- Surprise in the Rug – 11:29
- An Explosive Fourth of July – 27:26
- Calamity at Storrow Bridge – 43:10
- When the Kids are Away (paired to Surprise in the Rug) – 8:39
- Blue Independence (paired to An Explosive Fourth of July) – 24:10
- The Boston (paired to Calamity at Storrow Bridge) – 39:43
- How Non-RVers came to write about RVing – 16:45
- Writing as a team – 19:50
- Is Pelltier based on…? – 23:10
- Using a historic event in fiction – 34:02
- RV horror stories – 50:30
- Daughters of the King – 53:10
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