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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The other day I went to our local library, also known as Monroe County Public Library or MCPL. I don’t know about your area, but many libraries have long surpassed carrying just books. They offer videos, CDs, computers, classes and books on tape. But the coolest thing they have at MCPL is a humongous YA
Escape from the Past: At Witches’ End I’m getting ready to send the final edits of book three in the Escape from the Past trilogy to my publisher. I’m excited as this book concludes the series and I can’t wait to see it hit the shelves. Right now it looks like publication will be scheduled
This is a blog post that appeared on the Queen of all She Reads Blog as part of my blog tour for “The Kid.” I think it was an excellent question which I’d thought about somewhat, but had never written down. Though the post refers to Book Two in the “Escape from the Past” time-travel series,
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The other day a blogger requested a photo of me and my mutt, Mocha. So, to oblige her, I asked my husband to help with an impromptu photo shoot. We positioned ourselves in the living room in front of the fireplace, our typical ‘family photo’ spot. Unfortunately, Mocha had other ideas. No matter how I
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An author once told me he preferred writing fantasy so he’d not have to waste time researching history. He just imagined details as he went, building fantastic worlds in made-up places. Well, let me tell you why I love historical fiction. I have to admit I didn’t realize just how much time I’d spend researching
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Okay, I don’t mean time travel like in the Escape from the Past trilogy. I wish I could travel around as I pleased, but we all know only Max Nerds can do that. But I am returning to my old high school, Gymnasium August Dicke Schule in Solingen, Germany for an author visit. It’s a
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I thought I’d share a few updates: Currently Researching/Writing I’m in the midst of finishing the first draft of “Broken Journey,†a story set during the American Civil War. This novel is written from the points of view of a teen slave and his best friend, a white farm boy. To make this work, I’m
So here it is. Finally after six years of intense writing, editing and rewriting. After finding a literary agent and letting him go, after endless rounds of edits, I’m officially published. I expected this occasion to feel momentous, yet I’m finding that I’m more anxious than excited. All these years I’ve written in the privacy
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I put together a cool collection of facts about the Middle Ages. For those of you who enjoy medieval stuff, all the information comes from Germany. There is a description of torture methods, a collection of illnesses and a lot of info about the way peasants and nobility lived. After putting this piece together I
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