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Reorganizing Shelves – Great Video
This is spectacular. And I think I have the same shelves (Target). 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFnuP9niRUg&feature=player_embedded
Story Behind the Story: Christine Sunderland
I have had the wonderful chance to visit Hana, Maui and the islands of Hawaii and been impressed with their culture of family, faith, and history. Since I've been troubled by our culture of anti-family, anti-faith, and denial of the past, I thought this would...
Story Behind the Story: Anne Greene
During a long visit to the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland I became intrigued with why Highland Clans no longer occupied the Highlands. You’ll find the surprising answer in my book Masquerade Marriage. I’m of Scottish ancestry as are so many Americans, and...
Story Behind the Story: Caprice Hokstad
I don't usually take events from real life and make them into a plot. (If you knew my plots, you'd know this was a good thing!) But I do try to push plots in a certain direction to make a point. Like "How can a slave girl with no physical strength or weapons be...
Research Notes: From the horse’s mouth
Any journalist, historian or author will tell you—get your information from the most direct source possible. Get the story from the people who were there. Well, with limited resrouces and time, that isnt always possible. But in researching my next manuscript, I...
Apologies
Hello faithful blog readers (yes I'm talking to all three of you!) I apologize for the disruption in the regularly scheduled programming. A cold bug has overtaken my home, my husband and my own head. So I've been in foggy, murky congestion land for the past few days....
Book Review: Journey to Riverbend
Description: Michael Archer is nothing if not a man of his word. Though he was unable to save Ben Carstairs, Michael is determined to carry out Ben’s dying wish: to be reconciled with his father. Unfortunately, Sam Carstairs, one of the most ruthless businessmen on...
Book Review: The Miracle of Mercy Land
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...
The Anti-Valentine’s Day Post
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 every day should have the...
Lessons learned from my day job…
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 me ahead in...