Writer Reveals Long-forgotten Methodist Beginnings in Norfolk, Virginia.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. - March 24, 2013 - PRLog -- A Voice from New Mill Creek: The Methodists, by Tony Alan Grayson, blends the thrill of history rediscovered with the warmth of engaging characters in an entertaining work of fiction.  This writer has done his homework, carefully researching local history to find intriguing details which he has blended into an historical time and setting.  The Methodists sank deep roots in Norfolk County, Virginia.  Their descendents thrive today in the modern Virginia cities of Chesapeake and Norfolk.  While there are plenty of fact-filled books written about Methodists and Methodism, A Voice from New Mill Creek: The Methodists exceptionally captures the youth and vitality of the early Methodist movement.  John Wesley and George Whitefield were young men when they founded Methodism.  The writer captures how they passed their passion for Jesus to youthful believers who brought the Methodist movement to life in Virginia.    
    A good work of fiction almost always has a dark element.  In A Voice from New Mill Creek: The Methodists, the dark element is found in the descendents of Blackbeard-the-pirate.  The pirates are also young, and they enter the story logically, from water towns on the Albemarle Sound of coastal North Carolina, principally from Edenton.  The pirates would use the young Methodists, and they offer a tantalizing treat to the reader - the possibility that they and their offspring survive to this day!  Put aside your ideas that the Methodists were old and stodgy and that the pirates went away!  Enjoy this engaging and entertaining story about some extraordinary young people from the 1700s, by downloading the e-book from http://www.amazon.com/ or   http://www.barnesandnoble.com/.      
   A Voice from New Mill Creek: The Methodists, was awarded a Five Star Rating by Aspiring Writer, with this review:  This story was a thrilling read and artfully told! The first four chapters fed my expectation that I would read about how the Methodists came to Virginia. Then, I read about the pirates of Edenton and I'm still studying that to see if that part of the story is true, like the Methodist part seems to be. This writer was pretty good at creating some romantic steam too, but with good taste. I can't wait to get the second book in the series!
   Released by the author, an independent writer. 30  Tony Alan Grayson, graysonta@cox.net.