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November 6, 2012
Book Signing Events
I hope you’ll be able to stop by one or more of the book signing events I have scheduled. Saturday, November 10 from 1:00–3:00. I’ll be at All on the Same Page Bookstore, 11052 Olive Blvd, Creve Coeur, MO. (314-567-4144) I am proud to support this small local bookstore. Drop in and say hi to owner [...]
November 1, 2012
Writing Historical Fiction
Do Your Homework First I remember one morning when I was four, sitting at the table scribbling furiously on a pad of paper with my stubby pencil. After I had worked diligently for a while, I took my masterpiece to show Mom. “Is it writing?” I asked. “No, not yet,” she answered, meaning, I suppose, [...]
G, PG, PG13, R, Christian?
It’s funny how widely opinions about books vary. T.L. Higley has at least four dozen reviews of her novel Pompeii: City on Fire on Amazon (Lucky her!), ranging from one-star to five. Most people gushed over how well-written, how realistic, how interesting the book was.However, one historian was in a twist because she got a detail about Pompeii wrong. And a [...]
October 30, 2012
The Way Back
If Only. . . I’m grateful for the crew of volunteers who worked so hard to preserve a bit of local history with the careful restoration of Sand Bank School in Columbia, Illinois. Built during the 1850s, it stands on the site of an even earlier school, a log cabin built in 1801 to serve [...]
October 28, 2012
The Discovery by Dan Walsh
Hasn’t everyone daydreamed of inheriting a fortune and a beautiful house? I don’t hold out much hope of that ever happening to me, but it was fun to vicariously experience Michael’s surprise and joy in being able to experience some of life’s finer things, to be able to quit his job and become a full [...]
Mr. Brinkley’s Box of Books
“My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book…” ― Abraham Lincoln I don’t have a good rememberer. Very few memories from childhood, good or bad, have stuck with me. But a disproportionate number of memories, some of my happiest memories, involve books. My earliest literary memories were the nursery rhyme books Mom [...]
October 27, 2012
Unclaimed Legacy Free for Kindle
Available Free October 29-November 2 Unclaimed Legacy will be free for Kindle on Amazon Oct. 29-Nov 2! I hope you’ll take advantage of this FREE event! Not only to do you get a free copy of my book Unclaimed Legacy, but I also benefit with royalties and a rise in ranking for my books. Even if you already have [...]
October 15, 2012
International Book Tour Continues
Recap of Week Two Before we head off for today’s stop, here is a recap of week two of my international book tour. I had a lot of fun popping over to each of these sites. The reviews were great, and most of the blogs hosted giveaways. So if you missed out first time around, [...]
October 7, 2012
Recap of Week One
Week one of international book tour began Monday, October 1, 2012. I appeared on four blogs from around the world wide web and never once arrived late or lost any luggage. Here’s a recap of some of the great reviews my hosts posted for me. To read the complete posts click on each link below. [...]
October 1, 2012
Virtual Book Tour for Unclaimed Legacy
Please Join Me. (I hate to travel alone.) A virtual book tour for a book about virtual time travel—you gotta love it! Thanks to my generous blog hosts, I’m off to visit new places during my first-ever virtual book tour for Unclaimed Legacy. And you’re invited to come along for the fun—from the comfort of [...]
