Congratulations to Danielle Hammelef who shared Stompin' at the Savoy in three places on social media--and won my copy of the book. ****It's been awhile since I've reviewed an audio book… Continue reading The Korean War by Bruce Cummings: An Audio Book Review and Giveaway
One of the cool things about writing historical fiction is the people I have "met" in my research. Some are relatively well-known, some are names buried in history. It is especially cool if I'm able to include their stories in my WIP, Half-Truths. HALF-TRUTHS For those of you who are unfamiliar with the plot, Kate Dinsmore, my… Continue reading Including "Real" People In Historical Fiction And A Book Review of WAR IN KOREA
Congratulations to Jo Lynn Worden who won an autographed copy of "God's Blessings of Fall." Thanks to everyone who entered this popular giveaway. ******* I've been plotting and thinking about my next book, which is tentatively titled, TOXIC. It will be a sequel to HALF-TRUTHS with Kate's younger brother, Woody, as the main character. In… Continue reading Meet My New Experts: Four Korean War Veterans
Congratulations to Joan Edwards who won RESTART from last week's giveaway. Thanks to almost five hundred people who read my second blog in this mini-series of posts about my WIP. That's a new record for a blog post about Half-Truths! In this post, Julian Daventry (the ring leader for these posts) challenged me and my fellow… Continue reading Shared WIP Tag III- The Story World
Congratulations to Connie Saunders who won Blood Brothers from my last blog. ******* Thanks to all of you for leaving comments two weeks ago on Part I. In Part II, I answer several thought-provoking questions about the Half-Truths cast. At the end you'll find a list of my blogging colleague's posts. Check them out--these are… Continue reading Shared WIP Tag- Part II: Meet My Cast of Characters
Congratulations to Kathy Wiechman who won FIRE, COLOR, ONE from last week's blog. Three years ago I posted a blog about some of the people I'd interviewed for Half-Truths. These experts as well as other men and women willingly shared their life stories with me in order to make my story more authentic. Since I'm… Continue reading Meet My Experts – Part II
After a recent SCBWI critique meeting, I was musing with a 14-year-old first-time-attendee that writers need to consider three very distinct elements when they write. For the sake of simplicity and creating an easy to remember acronym for teachers and writers, let's think of this as: Story Overview & CritiqueStyle In other words, every writer,… Continue reading SOS for Writers