If the emigrants on the Oregon Trail were fortunate, they reached Oregon City in the Willamette Valley sometime in October – about six months after they began their journey from what was then the United States. The dangers of their trek continued even through the last weeks, when the travelers […]
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Haunting Book: The Sandcastle Girls, by Chris Bohjalian
The second of the haunting books in my October series is The Sandcastle Girls, by Chris Bohjalian. This novel is set in two time periods – the narrator lives in current times, and her grandparents met and fell in love during the Armenian Genocide in World War I. Like all […]
Continue readingPlotting a Novel – Try this for NaNoWriMo
I wish I knew more about plotting a novel. It’s one of the reasons I kick myself for not beginning my writing career earlier in life. If I’d spent my twenties starving in a garret as a writer, I’d be through the worst of the learning curve now. I’d have […]
Continue readingSally of Monticello: Founding Mother, by N.M. Ledgin
A new novel raising Thomas Jefferson’s slave mistress to “Founding Mother” is now a Kindle e-book on Amazon, soon to be available in paperback. I have had the pleasure of reading drafts of this book, and it is an engaging novel based on detailed historical research. Author N.M. Ledgin said […]
Continue readingClio Is My Muse, by Pamela Boles Eglinski
Here is a guest post from Pamela Boles Eglinski, author of the new novel Return of the French Blue. If you like this post, look for her book on Amazon. Clio is the Greek muse of history. She is often seen with a scroll or a set of tablets. Clio is […]
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