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My Thoughts on Finishing Another First Draft
This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
May 20, 2026
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This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
One of the presents I gave my three-year-old granddaughter for her sister’s birthday earlier this
As I’ve written before, when my daughter was born I thought she was the “icing
The third haunting book I’ve read in recent months is Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand. Unbroken
A friend recently returned from a trip to the Grand Canyon. “The ranger told us
I follow This Day in History, watching for events that relate to my historical novels.
I’m rushing this post a bit, because we didn’t move into our new home until
This might be the last time I post on the topic of grown children because
I’ve written several posts about the cruise (see here, here, and here) we took this
Last Saturday evening, four of us went to the Whiskey Warehouse in Alma, Missouri, to
In Lead Me Home, and again in my about-to-be-published novel Forever Mine, I make frequent
My family is an eclectic mix of Catholics, Protestants, agnostics, and skeptics. Most of the
The emigrants to Oregon found many scenic wonders along the way. One of those wonders
Thirty-five years ago, in the summer of 1979, my husband and I moved to Kansas
My Gold Rush posts this year have traced the spread of the news, from the
I’ve reached an exciting point in writing my current work-in-progress—I’m about to send the manuscript
The other evening my husband pulled an old throw out of the closet and settled
When I was in second grade or so, my class sang the old song, “My
So much has changed in the twelve years since September 11, 2001. The security lines
Ever since I began researching the Oregon Trail route for my novel about travel along
Before my father passed away on January 5, I had scheduled some posts on my