by Nicole | Feb 15, 2011 | Book Reviews
What if you had the power to amend choices you made in the past? Would you do it even if it changed everything? Mercy Land has made some unexpected choices for a young woman in the 1930s. The sheltered daughter of a traveling preacher, she chooses to leave her rural...
by Nicole | Feb 14, 2011 | Writing
Ok, it’s not like I’m against Valentine’s Day. People get all happy and the pink and red come out in force. It is hard not to catch a little of the giddiness. But I’ve always believed there should be so much more to it. Not just one day, but...
by Nicole | Feb 11, 2011 | Writing
There are many good reasons for a “day job” as an aspiring author. Income, among many other things, is the biggest perk. But there are countless other positives. For me, my experience as an event and communications coordinator for a small college has set...
by Nicole | Feb 9, 2011 | Story Behind the Story
It’s believed my great, great+ grandfather might have been Chief Red Eagle/William Weatherford of the Creek Indians. The legend I’d always heard was that he jumped off a cliff to save his people. Lying in bed early one morning, I wished I could read the story in a...
by Nicole | Feb 7, 2011 | Story Behind the Story
The idea for the novel came first as an image of a man, Michael Archer, standing on ridge looking down on a small town. As I asked myself why he was there, the story unfolded: He was there to attempt reconciliation, a prodigal by proxy, of a son, Ben Carstairs,...
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