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My Novels in Indie Author Project Select
I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A
January 14, 2026
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I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A
On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s
It’s all over but the fireworks. The presents are opened. The menorah is put away.
Shortly after Christmas last year, my father commented to me that it was the first
February 17 is National Random Acts of Kindness Day. This day originated in New Zealand,
Deborah Shouse is one of my writer friends and mentors. For many years, Deborah has
I have immersed myself in the nineteenth century over the last few weeks, editing my
Here we are—another year begins. I start 2025 with both hope and trepidation. Hope, because
You might think grammar is boring, but it is the writer’s toolbox. I marvel each
I’ve written about panning for gold and rockers and Long Toms. Inevitably, as the search
I’ve written many times about Pacific Grove and Carmel, California, and other venues on the
My sister is now eligible for AARP membership and is an accomplished professional, but I
I wrote a few weeks ago about problems some readers and I have experienced with
Most of my historical posts this year have been about the Oregon Trail, because I’m
My last review of a haunting book for 2016 is of The Summer Before the War,
Since moving to Seattle, I’ve been researching some of the early pioneers who settled in
My husband and I are starting to think about what to hang on the walls
By mid-June, the emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1840s had trekked 650 miles
The theme of this blog is “One writer’s journey through life and time.” Well, then,
As I sat in the dentist’s office a couple of weeks ago waiting for the
A few months ago I read that eating farro was healthy. I’d never heard of