
My Novels in Indie Author Project Select
I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A

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.
A year ago I was suffering from the worst stomach flu I’d had in a
As I research my historical novels, I often refer to Hubert Howe Bancroft’s History of

My husband and I just returned from a Viking cruise on the Viking Orion through
I received an early holiday present this year. In mid-November, I learned that my novel
Shortly before my mother’s death, my father and I reviewed the draft obituaries my parents
My husband and I need to replace our furnace. If possible, we also want to
This past weekend we buried my father-in-law. He was the first grandparent my children and

Unlike me, my father liked to cook. In fact, he paid part of his way
I’ve mentioned that I found some treasures during a couple of cleaning projects I undertook
The novel I’m currently writing alludes to race relations between whites and Native Americans, Hispanics,

A few nights ago I was awake in the middle of the night, one of
“The only way to start is just to start – take the plunge.” With these
A couple of months ago, I thumbed through the recipe box my mother gave me

Some weeks glide by, almost without notice. Others pack a punch, pitching and tossing like
I don’t want March to get away from me before I write about two milestones
I recently learned a surprising factoid: Today, February 4, is Homemade Soup Day, even though January is
I’ve written before (see here and here) about how glad I am that my children spent
When the pioneers reached Oregon, they found abundant old-growth forests with timber that had never