It's that time again--time to teach a new group of students how to give their fiction a "historical" feel for the reader. It's so much more than just setting the story in a different year from the present! Come join us …
Newsletter Goodies
Do you receive my email newsletter? I'll admit, I haven't been very good at sending it out. I rarely felt that I had anything to say that you would care about! But for the past few months I've been thinking about what I …
Guest Posting on Heroes, Heroines & History blog
Hey y'all! My friend Marilyn Turk invited me to guest post over at the Heroes, Heroines & History blog. Want to know more about the history of girls and basketball in the early 20th century that I learned while …
Boston
So we left the tranquility of our mountain retreat and braved the big city of Boston. Before I tell you a bit about our time here, let me back up. In December, when our daughter graduated from college, we asked her what she …
Rhode Island
One of the things I love about my husband is that he loves history as much as I do. One of the things I hate about his job is that he travels so much. But one of the things I love about being empty nesters is that now when he …
The Scary Truths of History
Hubby and I have been to Washington, D.C. many, many times. In fact, we met there 28 years ago! So when we had a day in DC to ourselves on our last trip, we wanted to see something we hadn't seen before. We decided to go to …
A Man With God’s Heart for Children In Need
I met David Emmert because I knew I wanted to write a novel based in my husband's hometown. Well, "met" is a bit of a stretch, but after reading about Mr. Emmert and his life's work, I felt as if I knew him. I imagine …
Life in the early 20th century
We read a lot about life in the 19th century--you know, the 1800s. But few of us really know how or when life transitioned to the modern life we know now. What kinds of things would you have owned or experienced in those …
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 70th Anniversary
Most people (including myself) know of the AAGPBL from the 1992 movie A League of Their Own. But as often happens with history and fiction, sometimes I forget that these were real women. At least until this weekend. As I sat …
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Tangible History
I was talking with someone not long ago about things that defined me. One of the things that came to mind was my love of history. I've always enjoyed discovering things about the past. Growing up, that was mostly from books. …