
What Can I Do with 900 Blog Posts in Scrivener?
I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t

I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t

Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born

I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)
I try to keep the language I use in my historical novels true to the
For someone who is a good planner, I’m finding this week a little overwhelming. As I was
October is National Family History Month—a month for those with an interest in genealogy to
When I was first born, my parents brought me home to a tiny pre-fabricated house

Because of a personal commitment that will consume my time for the next few weeks,
As I work on my current novel, I am mired again in the vagaries of
The church where my sister was married had a very firm rule that any children
I mentioned in a post a few years back that I saw the Mary Poppins
I’ve started decorating for Christmas, which is the only season for which I do much
A few months ago I read that eating farro was healthy. I’d never heard of
I’ve written before (see here and here) about how glad I am that my children spent
I’ve blogged about some boring topics related to my research for my Oregon Trail and
The last book in my October series of haunting books is Turn of Mind, by
I left Kansas City in mid-March for a two-week trip to Washington State. It was
One of the problems I’ve had to deal with in my soon-to-be-published novel, Now I’m

I wrote five years ago about my first day of work for Hallmark Cards on
I’ve written before about the importance of reading in my family when I was growing
Many of my posts over the last couple of months have been dark and dreary