I’ve written before about emigrants crossing the Missouri River at Kanesville, Iowa (now Council Bluffs).
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
When I was in second grade or so, my class sang the old song, “My
I’m always curious about the reasons other historical fiction writers are drawn to the genre.
Occasionally on this blog, I have posted some of my favorite recipes. Readers will intuit
I saw a post recently titled “The Timeless Writing Struggle: Ego vs. Humility” by Karen
Once the emigrants to Oregon survived the plains and the Rockies, they still had to
I’ve posted about other haunting books set during wartime (see here and here). The Book
I do not like to exercise. I recognize the necessity, but I just don’t enjoy
Yesterday my son married his long-time girlfriend in a small and lovely ceremony in New
Perhaps I should have saved this topic for mid-July—thirty-six years after it happened. But since
Late last month, my husband, another couple, and I went to the Strategic Air Command
In addition to remembering your loved ones on this Memorial Day, perhaps you should consider
Ever since I began researching the Oregon Trail route for my novel about travel along
I only remember my father swearing at me once. I heard him curse in general
My husband and I recently began having cell phone problems. My phone was almost three
The fictional family in my work-in-progress lives in a large house in Portland, Oregon. They
As I review my novel about the California Gold Rush with my writing critique partners,
Last week I shoveled our driveway and walks three times in one week. Kansas City’s