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Donald Furrow-Scott

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Journeyman vigneron & wine-maker Donald Furrow-Scott writes novels about wine grapes through-out time and history. Decades of winemaking, as well as tasting room story-telling to hundreds of thousands of people, have helped Donald craft these novels into fictional adventures set in factual wine knowledge and richly detailed historical settings while flirting with wine fantasy.

Immortalize is set in 8th Century BC Phoenicia & Iberia. Tynged takes place at the seeds of young Charlemagne’s early court in 8th century AD France. Children of Breton takes place amongst the intrigues of Cardinal Richelieu’s 17th century Loire Valley. The Changeling and The Blackbird take place in the 18th-century world of the Tarn and Bordeaux. The only common chara ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Donald Furrow-Scott I've never experienced that quintessential "writer's block," though many experiences of life probably mirror that syndrome. I'll talk about the three …moreI've never experienced that quintessential "writer's block," though many experiences of life probably mirror that syndrome. I'll talk about the three that come closest.

Plotting adventures for decades taught me when you get stuck on one plot, move to another. Writing seven books at once gives me plenty of outlets to avoid log-jammed perspectives and stay creatively fresh.

There are always ebbs and flows when writing creativity. Forming ideas can be a struggle at times, at least as far as an internal conversation can become a wrestling match. I fall back on Zen techniques while pondering these struggles and treat them like a Koan. The new ideas from this meditation that transform me instead of vice-versa usually provide the necessary satori or epiphany.

I am a farmer; that means long hours in the sun and rain, which can leave a person considerably drained of creativity in the evenings. So I prefer to write in the mornings.(less)

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	Children of Breton: a tasting of wine history (#4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tynged: a tasting of wine history (#3) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Immortalize; a tasting of wine history (#1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Immortalize; Ends of the Earth; a tasting of wine history (#2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Author’s log, Winter 2022; Tinkering

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Author’s log, Winter 2022; Tinkering

After four years of hard-at-it professional writing followed by a flooded market of pandemic writers, I needed a sabbatical.

There was no writers-block involved. My mind was awash with ideas, phrases, and themes. Still is.

Spending seventeen years telling tasting room visitors that their taste in wine is like their taste in music received a consta

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