
Researching the art of cheesemaking
When I give an Author Talk, I’ve found that audiences are very interested in the research involved in writing a historical novel. In Proving Her Claim,

When I give an Author Talk, I’ve found that audiences are very interested in the research involved in writing a historical novel. In Proving Her Claim,

It was my first taste of a “real writer’s life.” It started out with Wild Deadwood Reads. I can’t think of a more appropriate name

Reader reviews are truly the lifeblood for authors. Whether it’s a work of fiction or nonfiction, reviews provide authors with feedback, are useful for future

In a recent author talk, one of the audience members asked me why Two Hawks spoke English with a Scottish accent. I explained that my

There’s more to book publishing than simply writing a book. The next step is book marketing.

Happy Syttende Mai! For those of you unfamiliar, Syttende Mai, the Seventeenth of May, is Norwegian Constitution Day. It’s the day in 1814 that the

If you live in South Dakota, northwestern Iowa or western Minnesota, you live in KELOLand. “KELOLand” was the invention of KELO-TV’s founder, Joe L. Floyd.

No one was more surprised than I was when my character took control of the scene in the book I’m currently writing. There I was,

I’ve described Proving Her Claim as “historically accurate.” The novel itself is historical fiction, but I relied heavily on non-fiction research in the process. A statistic sparked
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