Well, here we are nine days into the New Year. Many are saying they’ve used their trial subscription for 2021 and have decided not to renew their enrollment. I can’t say I blame them. What a week. What should have been a peaceful verification of the electoral college votes in Washington D.C. turned into a […]
The New Year is Here
I confess I’m afraid to wish everyone a happy new year. Considering how 2020 unfolded, I’m wondering what 2021 will bring. Despite all the ups and downs of 2020, though, we made it. My family has so far bypassed Covid19. The election, and all the drama, phone calls, and mountains of mail, has passed, even […]
Meeting Nearby Neighbors
* Author’s note: This is the fifth in a series of posts about the historical portion of my newest release: The Descendant’s Daughter Riding into a wilderness meant anticipating many unknowns. Not only was the weather unfriendly, wild animals shared the forests with natives living nearby. When the main character in my newest release, The […]
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Living in a Lean-To
Outside my window rain is falling, a typical December day in Oregon. I think of the story in my newest release, The Descendant’s Daughter, in which I relate part of the tale of my great-great grandfather who settled here in 1847. The first winter he spent a miserable existence. Proving up a land claim to […]
The Book is Here!
My newest release, The Descendant’s Daughter, released this week. I’m excited to share the story. Halle Jayne Murphy, the main protagonist, is a newly-turned-thirty young woman who thinks her life is ideal and can’t imagine change. She loves her career. She shares an apartment with her best friend. She’s happy. She has lived an idyllic […]
A New Book with an Old Story
The release of my newest novel, The Descendant’s Daughter, is now waiting on the horizon. While a contemporary story line carries the book, I get excited thinking about the historical theme that originated from my own personal family history. I consider the opportunity to share a fictional re-creation of my great-great-grandfather’s tale a privilege. I […]
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Roll Out the Barrel. . . and a new book
My new book, The Descendant’s Daughter, entered the editing phase this week. I also worked with the cover designer to create the book’s cover. Release day is coming soon. I feel like I’ve stepped onto the fast track. This is a new genre for me. The contemporary story is laced with romance, as is the […]
A New Book is Coming
This week I signed a contract for a new time slip series with Forget Me Not Romances, a division of Winged Publications, based in Arizona. The first book in the series, The Descendant’s Daughter, is already in production and scheduled to release soon. This is a fictional story with two timelines, one contemporary tale that […]
When Heaven Gained A Hero
I’ve written about my neighbor before. He’s the man who lived across the street. The man who raised a garden big enough to feed a city block. The man who fought in WWII and received several medals and a commendation from President Roosevelt. That last part I didn’t know until his ninetieth birthday party. I […]
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When Our World Collapses
On this the nineteenth anniversary of 911, my state was under siege. Smoke hung like a curtain over our valley. Wild fires raged in the hills. The threat of evacuation hovered in levels 1, 2,and 3, dependent upon where you lived. What began as a high wind warning last Sunday turned forest fires […]