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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 learned most of my history through historical fiction. Not all, but most of it.
During the Christmas season, we scurry to find our loved ones unique gifts, suited to
One of the things writers have to do is market their books. This blog is
One blessing from the current coronavirus stay-at-home order is that I have realized how little
I’ve mentioned before that I can’t remember not knowing how to read. I learned to
I only recall one summer driving trip in my childhood to California. We made a
In February 2018, when I began writing my current novel, I speculated about what historical
By mid-August the emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1840s had passed Fort Hall.
The Great Migration of 1843 was the first significant group of emigrants to head west.
I mentioned in my last monthly newsletter that my husband and I have decided to build
I wrote last week about the autumn of 1961, when I spent three weeks in
I wrote a few months ago that I started taking piano lessons again, after a
Using social media takes a lot of time. Some of it is wasted time, some
As my children were growing up, I told them frequently, “You have to make choices
I received Plume, a book of poems by Kathleen Flenniken, from my daughter, who bought
On the first day of every month, I send out a newsletter to subscribers. Like
Many of my posts over the last couple of months have been dark and dreary