![]() "I made real sacrifices and took big risks. "I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author," she says. Several years ago, Karon left a successful career in advertising to move to the mountain village of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and write books. ![]() For Pete's sake, hadn't Rhett Butler used that very same word and gotten away with it? After my grandmother's exceedingly focused reproof, I've written books without cussin' ever since." When she found it, she discovered the one curse word I had, with pounding heart, included in someone's speech. "The manuscript was written on Blue Horse notebook paper, and was, for good reason, kept hidden from my sister. Jan wrote her first novel at the age of ten. ![]() ![]() Jan Karon, born Janice Meredith Wilson in the foothills of North Carolina, was named after the title of a popular novel, Janice Meredith. ![]()
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