While writing my recently released novella, The Sunbonnet Bride, I needed a devastating natural event to occur and so I…
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Challenges with Setting: Yuletide Bride
The Yuletide Bride presented me with both challenges and interesting parameters when I went in search of its setting. Since the…
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Thank you, Laura Ingalls Wilder
I first glimpsed Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books as a second grader. Our new school building opened that year and the…
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Weeping over the Sepia
Often, I find myself weeping over the sepia photos while researching. It happened again this week. While researching World War I…
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The Surprising Fun of Research Rabbit Trails
Research rabbit trails–or, why do I always get distracted?
Civil War Dresses: Of Corset Hurts
How much thought have you given to a corset? It’s challenging to write an historical novel if you’re not sure…
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