The first story in my new and improved production schedule for 2015 rolls off the production line next week. Carson and Tally, the hero and heroine from Carson’s Night, are back. They get a continuation of their story in Harvest of Holidays. This is book 2.1 in The Stonebrood Saga, if you’re counting. And yes, […]
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I didn’t make resolutions for 2015. Not this year. The statistics are against me keeping them. 90% or more New Year Resolutions are abandoned by Valentine’s Day. I thought I’d dodge the bad odds and do something different, instead. I made an intentions list. It’s long, but each item on the list only gets put
For those of you who are actually on line today that celebrate Christmas, even if it’s just for the turkey and presents, please have a wonderfully happy, argument-free day with your family and friends. May your stocking be overflowing! And because I just can’t help myself, did you know the very first Christmas was celebrated
Remember my post a few weeks ago – the five (six, seven) fictional people I would most like to have dinner with, and why? I got an interesting bag of mail from that one, including a few suggestions for story people I hadn’t thought about in years (e.g., Ann of Green Gables). But there were
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Did you know Bluebeard was a real man? I didn’t. I’ve found another cool history factoid! I grew up reading the Bluebeard fairytale that warns women everywhere and everywhen about the dangers of curiosity and not obeying your husband (which just underlines when the fairytale was created!). It took growing up and getting married myself
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Benjamin Franklin may be the earliest indie author in North America. He wrote and self-published Poor Richard’s Almanack on this day in 1732, and it was so successful it ran for decades after that, lasting sixteen years. It was considered a best seller, with print runs reaching ten thousand per year. The Almanack contained weather
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I am one of millions of commuters who take public transport to work and back each day. I should resent the huge chunk of time that takes out of my day, except for one thing: I write on my laptop on the way to work and on the way home. In the middle of winter,
There are backpacks…then there are Backpacks. Read More »
Oh, I’ve had so much fun this month. I’ve been reading stories! Yes, fiction! Romantic fiction at that, too! Transgression (City of God series) R.S. Ingermanson Link This is a time travel novel that falls under the science fiction genre rather than the romance genre (the two most common parent categories for time travels). I
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I kinda screwed myself over this year. And indirectly, I didn’t do you any favours, either. I had this big (huge!) book I wanted to write, one that took place over thirty years. It was epic in scale, and I just knew it would take up a big chunk of time to get done, as
I Faithfully Promise… Read More »
145 years ago today, in 1869, the first Women’s Suffrage law in the United Stated was granted in Wyoming Territory. It was the first step in full voting rights for women in America, which was written into the Constitution in 1920. Canada gave women the vote in 1919, and the United Kingdom trailed behind, declaring
Equality for Women: Not such a hot idea. Read More »