As promised, this week I’m sharing Victoria, British Columbia with you. This is a wonderful little island town to visit, and if you get chance to go there – do! It’s a short trip by ferry to Victoria from Washington state or Vancouver ports. There are some charming B&B’s in Victoria – Prior House is among the best. Judith Miller, …
As You Read This
As you read this, I’ll be boarding the Zaandam for Alaska. This is a fun business trip that family just happens to be tagging along on. My mother and sister have reserved a cabin, as have my aunt and her sons. Jim and I will round out the adventure. We’re taking books to Sitka where I will sign them. I’ll …
This week in Denver
This week I’ll be in Denver for the American Christian Fiction Writer’s conference, as will be many of us on this blog. In 2000, I helped to found this wonderful organization with several really cool authors. Lynn Coleman called me one day and said, “You know we need a national Christian writer’s group focused just on fiction (at that time …
Getting the Goods on Sitka
In researching for any book, I try to really apply myself to the historical details. Researching my series set in Sitka was no exception, and proved to be a lot of fun. There were many people in Sitka who provided information and were very helpful to my studies. Folks at the Sheldon Jackson Museum, Bob at the Sitka Historical Museum, …
More on Sitka
As I mentioned last week, Sitka, Alaska is the setting for my new Song of Alaska book series. I had a lot of fun researching this series, and this week I just wanted to share some of Sitka with you. You can only reach Sitka by boat or plane. We have approached it both ways, and the approach by sea …
New Alaska Series
My new Alaska series has debuted with book #1 DAWN’S PRELUDE. Over the next few blogs, I hope to share with you some of the inspiration for this series set in Sitka, Alaska. There will be three books total in the series, and it will be what I call a generational series. Book 1 is set in 1870, book 2 …
Clueless in Belgrade
Okay, this has been an interesting week for all of us. There’s been sorrows and joys, and to this I add confusion. Some wonderful folks are putting together a new website for me, and in turn those wonderful folks are asking me what I want. The trouble is – I DON’T KNOW. I probably wouldn’t even have a website if …
When I Look In His Face
This week has been a doozy, although looking at some of the problems others have faced, my trials don’t seem nearly so hard. Although I was reminded of something my daughter once said. “Mom, the worst thing you have to go through is still the worst thing for you. Doesn’t really matter if it’s someone else’s “worst”. She’s right. So …
Stories from the Past
This week has been a lot of fun. My aunt (the girl in the back row of the above photo – my mom is the girl on the lower right hand side) and uncle arrived for a visit and with them came one of my cousins and his wife. We have laughed and talked and eaten with great gusto, but …
Busy Week
This week has been so busy. I can hardly believe it’s Friday again, and not only that, but will someone tell me what happened to JULY? I’m sure I’ve misplaced mine. I cannot believe tomorrow is August 1st. What happened to 2009? My mother said this is a sure sign of getting older. The days-weeks-months fly by. One minute you …
