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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
I’ve been stuck a few times while writing my historical novels. My characters got into
Birthday celebrations figure in several of my novels, including my current work-in-progress. But I’ve never
August 1979, thirty-five years ago this month, was the first time I felt I was
I think it is human nature that we try to make sense of our world,
I’ve been meaning to write the story of how I came to pierce my ears,
As a desert-born girl, I hate the rain. I don’t like it dripping on me.
My father liked to cook, but my mother did not. Cooking was required of a
I follow This Day in History, watching for events that relate to my historical novels.
Recently, a relative sent my husband a picture of his high school graduation day. I’d
Most of my historical posts this year have been about the Oregon Trail, because I’m
Today, November 21, 2018, is Stuffing Day. So it is appropriate to write about Thanksgiving
I’ve recently read two articles that made me think about the importance of telling our
Henry Vizetelly, an English publisher who was in San Francisco at the time of the
Today’s “haunting book” post features two historical novels, Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett, and
Despite the awfulness of 2020, I got a lot accomplished. I wrote most of a
I happened upon an exhibit of Fred Geary’s woodcuts at the Kansas City Public Library’s
Fifteen years ago, in July 1998, our family took a hiking vacation in Switzerland. We
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Klondike Gold Rush National