In 2002 I recorded my parents’ stories about their experiences during WWII. By 2009 these stories had turned into a novel. Not a good one because it was my first, but a record of eyewitness testimony. Though I worked with an editor and revised, the story needed work. It wasn’t ready because I wasn’t ready. […]
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Whenever a year ends and a new one begins, we tend to look back to what’s happened as well as look ahead. It’s as if we have this need to analyze and review the past to help us determine how to make the future better. Maybe learn something from our experience. Maybe help us cope.
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If you’re looking for a great gift for your hard-to-buy-for teen or your Uncle Joe who loves historical adventure, I have just the right offer. Autographed and personalized copies of books one, two or all three of the ESCAPE FROM THE PAST trilogy, shipped to you* or the address you specify (sorry, continental U.S. only).
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When I visited Castle Hanstein’s ruins in Thuringia in May, 2012, I never dreamed I’d create a trilogy based on its history. Four years later I’m proud to share the news of the release of ESCAPE FROM THE PAST: AT WITCHES’ END, the third and final book in the ESCAPE FROM THE PAST trilogy. ATTENTION
Have you ever been involved in a project that you really loved or were deeply connected to? Do you remember how you felt when it was finished? It’s a void, a kind of emptiness. At least that’s what I’m feeling right now after completing BROKEN JOURNEY, a manuscript set during the American Civil War. In
Attention NetGalley Readers ESCAPE FROM THE PAST: THE DUKE’S WRATH (Book One) and AT WITCHES’ END (Book Three) are currently available for review. And now about my blog… I just read an article on Writer Unboxed (WU) about the life of an author and money and feel the urge to piggyback onto it. I agree with
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My books are typically never free, but I tried out Amazon’s Kindle program and am able to offer the e-version of A Different Truth FREE (instead of $2.99) on August 31 and September 1. So, if you’re heading into the long weekend and need something fun and thought-provoking to read, get your FREE copy now. A Different
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As the publication of the third and final book in the ESCAPE FROM THE PAST trilogy approaches and I’m completing the Civil War adventure, BROKEN JOURNEY, I’m launching into a couple of new endeavors. Until now I’ve mostly focused on writing and studying craft, reading, editing and revising. Author Fairs So, now that I have
Hot off the press comes my FREE introduction/precursor to the ESCAPE FROM THE PAST trilogy. Some readers wondered how Max ended up in Germany and if there was anything amiss before he tried out EarthRider. This is a brief – short story length – intro, including a preview of the beginning of book one, THE
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FREE on Amazon on July 14 and 15 Soon after I met my husband I learned he’d attended a military boarding school. But it wasn’t until a few years ago when we talked in detail that I realized how traumatic and difficult this experience had been. When I was in my early teens I read
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