I spent last weekend with what I love most: historical research. The Museum of German History in Bonn, Germany’s former capital, is a gem to visit, containing historical information beginning with the Third Reich. The displays are a combination of audio, video, images, print, artefacts and more. Whoever put this together really knows how to […]
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Friends, I know it’s been a while. Other than the WWII novella, A Lightness in My Soul, I haven’t created any new English language works. But now, finally, I present to you an exciting new historical novel, called “The Scent of a Storm.” Over the years I’ve been meeting many people whose family members, parents
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Corona doesn’t leave us alone, so I’ve been using the time to translate a couple of books into German and to write a “how to” about developing historical novels. We did attempt to go on one vacation on Kos, Greece, but the restrictions were so severe that it was neither very relaxing nor enjoyable. Sadly,
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Last week I showed my amazing daughter-in-law, Mar, some of the historical spots of my WWII novel Surviving the Fatherland. She also helps me with marketing on Instagram and Facebook. It so happens that we live a five-minute walk from the places, my parents and main protagonists endured the war. We stopped by the old
Well, at least let’s hope it’ll be happier than 2020. Corona, Covid-19, has cast its black veil across the planet. Few countries are as affected as the U.S. – When one feels down, it often helps to think about things we are grateful for. The list is long, but I will attempt to mention a
The project I began last fall took a lot longer than I anticipated. And this time story length was not the culprit. Rather, it was the subject matter, a true WWII story I stumbled across thanks to my friend. As always I dived into the historical background to set my story in the right world.
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Last Sunday, authors and guests met for a hike and some readings in an area known for its heathers and bogs. This was only the second event since Corona began and it felt amazing to be outdoors sharing my WWII novel WHEN THEY MADE US LEAVE. The great Michael Völkel entertained us with medieval music
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Liebe Leser, ich wünsche Ihnen ein paar schöne Tage, wenn sie vielleicht auch nicht wie gewohnt stattfinden können. Gerade heute las ich, dass wir uns jetzt auf uns konzentrieren können, vielleicht ein wenig nach innen horchen, uns selbst etwas Gutes tun. Dieses Gute, dieser Respekt, den wir uns selbst zeigen, wirkt sich dann auch auf
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Autoreninterview am 25. März Wer am 25. März ein paar Minuten Zeit hat, kann sich auf der Seite der Authors Show mein englisches Interview zum biografischen und mehrfach ausgezeichneten Buch Vaterland, wo bist Du? anhoren. Das Interview wird 24 Stunden ausgestrahlt. Einfach auf die Seite gehen und den Buchtitel auswählen. Lesungen Bis auf weiteres sind
In 2002 I interviewed my parents about their experiences during WWII. They’d been kids, then youths in the post-war era, had met and fallen in love. But that’s not what I want to talk about here, I want to tell you about the first time I realized I loved writing. After that three-week task of
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