by Nicole | Mar 18, 2011 | History, Horses
I stumbled upon this story through a simple email to the United States Equestrian Foundation for some background about horse jumping in the 1940s. One woman mentioned they had a member from the last Army team who competed in the 1948 Olympics who might be willing to...
by Nicole | Mar 8, 2011 | History, Writing
I’ve spent hours and hours researching World War II history and it’s hard to find much about the Pacific Northwest during World War II, even though there is a TON of history there! That’s when I discovered the Portland Oregonian’s online...
by Nicole | Feb 25, 2011 | History
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...
by Nicole | Feb 4, 2011 | Book Reviews, History
This book completely took my breath away. I was in love with Laura Hillenbrand’s Seabiscuit, but this one eclipses it—and then some. I downloaded this to my Kindle and thanked God I had it during a 16-hour roadtrip with my family. I was raptured by the book from...
by Nicole | Jan 7, 2011 | History
Lately I’ve been studying up as I’m editing my most recent manuscript. Normally, I do very targeted research and find exactly which details I need. This time I’ve just been soaking up as much WWII history as humanly possible. Here’s a few of...
by Nicole | Dec 24, 2010 | History
A shot of our Christmas tree with one of our first ornaments on it. One of my dogs, opening presents at last year’s Christmas. (Can you tell we don’t have children yet? The dogs get more presents than we do.) Merry Christmas!
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