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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 was surprised to get a notice from WordPress.com recently congratulating me on my 9th
In my current work-in-progress, which takes place in 1864, some of my characters are traveling
Before my maternal grandfather, a taciturn businessman from Oregon, married my grandmother, he allegedly told
On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s
Since 2009, Hallmark Cards has held an annual art festival outside its headquarters facility in
I deliberately try to keep this blog apolitical. Yet, the theme of this blog is
This has been another bad year for bugs in the Hupp household – for them,
Sometimes when I’m stuck on my historical novels about Oregon Territory, I go out to
I wrote a few months ago that I started taking piano lessons again, after a
I decided to write about the Oregon Trail in part because the concept of leaving
I’ve recently read two articles that made me think about the importance of telling our
My new website, https://www.theresahuppauthor.com, has been live for a few weeks now. Regular readers might
A lot goes on in our family in May. Our daughter’s birthday. Mother’s Day. And,
In junior high and high school, my favorite poem was “Renascence,” by Edna St. Vincent
I mentioned last year that I found many “treasures” when I cleaned out some cupboards.
A few weeks ago, my family started hospice care for my mother. She had been
When I first decided to spend my time writing, I read everything I could on
I often try to post about family members when their birthdays come around. Well, today