A Book My Mother Gave Me: The Thorn Birds
My mother’s birthday would have been later this week, and so I’ve been thinking a lot about her. One of the things I think about is all the books we read and discussed. Both of us loved reading all our lives, from the time we first could read until, in my mother’s case, when she […]
Liveries in the Mid-19th Century United States
Writers of historical fiction often chase down rabbit holes of research they do not anticipate. In my current work-in-progress, I need my male protagonist to have a business. He is interested in caring for animals, but veterinarians schooled in how to treat animals were not common in 1867. So, my character has learned by informally […]
Well, Wordle You Know!
Like everyone else I know, I now play Wordle. I started sometime in January, and I treasure that small dose of satisfaction at solving the puzzle as a bright start to my day. When do I Wordle? If I wake during the night, I might pull out my tablet and Wordle away. If I sleep […]
Happy Fortieth Birthday to My Son
My son, my first child, turns forty in a few days. It certainly does not feel like forty years ago that I gave birth to him in a bad snowstorm. I wrote about his birth in an earlier post, so I won’t repeat that here. I’ve written many posts about my son over the years, […]
My Memories of Albany, Oregon
I wrote last week about using Albany, Oregon, as a setting in my current work-in-progress. Writing that post caused me to remember my own experiences in Albany dating back to my preschool years when our family lived in nearby Corvallis, Oregon. My dad was getting his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State University, located […]
Albany, Oregon, and Abigail Duniway — Setting for My Work-in-Progress
I posted last year about Abigail Duniway, a historical figure I found while researching Safe Thus Far. Abigail played a very minor role in that novel, but she will feature more prominently in my current work-in-progress. In fact, I have set part of the book in Albany, Oregon, because Abigail Duniway lived there in 1867, […]
Tenth Anniversary of My Blog
I have hit the tenth anniversary of this blog. My first post was on January 17, 2012, on a WordPress.com blog I called Story & History: One writer’s journey through life and time. Five years later, in February 2017, I migrated to this site, TheresaHuppAuthor.com. I now use a WordPress.org theme, and I own the […]
January Is National Oatmeal Month
I was surprised to learn there is such a thing as National Oatmeal Month. But then, with eaters like my husband and children, maybe I shouldn’t be surprised. My husband is a huge fan of hot cereal in the morning. He makes it from scratch—none of that instant stuff for him unless he is in […]
You Know Your Children Are Grown When . . . [Part VIII]
This might be the last time I post on the topic of grown children because I don’t have a lot to add to my many earlier posts. Still, the recent holidays had me reflecting on my adult children again. I posted about my two grown children after Christmas 2018, when my husband and I celebrated […]
How Did I Do on my 2021 Goals? And What’s Up for 2022?
On December 30, 2020, I posted my primary writing goals for 2021: 1. Edit and publish my seventh novel, my current work-in-progress [which I later titled Safe Thus Far]. I hope to complete this book by Labor Day. 2. Decide on my next novel. (I have three ideas floating around in my head presently.) Whether […]