Nearly 15 years ago, I was doing a signing at the mall in Vancouver, WA when Marietta Couch and her sister Ruth, who is Mennonite, walked into the bookstore. In the moment, . . . Continue Reading
Writing Life
A Brighter Dawn: the historical thread
When I first came up with the idea of A Brighter Dawn, I knew I wanted my historical protagonist, Clare, to travel to Germany in 1937 and stay until 1939. But then I had to . . . Continue Reading
The best writing advice
I have a wonderful friend Nancy Row—author of the blog Wacky Mommy—who writes both fiction and non-fiction. Way back, when I edited a bridal magazine, Nancy wrote articles for . . . Continue Reading