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July 30, 2016
More Than Meets the Eye is Launched!
The final installment of the Rewinding Time Series is now available in Kindle and paperback. More Than Meets the Eye is currently still available at its introductory price of 99 cents before it goes to its normal price in a … Continue reading →
July 24, 2016
The Cultural Setting of More Than Meets the Eye
A Very Important Year: 1918 The Illinois Centennial In researching for More Than Meets the Eye, I was struck by what a momentous year 1918 was. What an emotional roller coaster it must have been for people living then. 1918 was Illinois’ … Continue reading →
July 21, 2016
From Boom to Bust
Coal Fueled Carlinville’s Boom More Than Meets the Eye is a fictional account of the construction of the 156 Sears catalog houses in Carlinville’s Standard Addition in 1918. But some of the most important characters driving the plot are only … Continue reading →
July 15, 2016
The Standard Addition in Carlinville, Illinois
A short history of Sears, Roebuck & Co. You can download your own copy of the 1918 Sears Honor Bilt Homes catalog here. Sears, Roebuck & Co. was founded Chicago in 1886 as a mail order company. Its origins go back … Continue reading →
July 9, 2016
A Snapshot of life in 1918
Exciting Times in Carlinville, Illinois The first decades of the 20th century were a bright and shiny time of progress with new inventions that improved people’s lives. It was also an era of death, as the the Great War dragged on claiming millions of … Continue reading →
July 8, 2016
Time-Surfing in Carlinville, Illinois
The setting of More Than Meets the Eye is Carlinville, Illinois, the seat of Macoupin County.I grew up just twenty-two miles south of it in in Woodburn, and on our occasional visits, I used to admire the historic homes and commercial buildings. But I … Continue reading →
July 6, 2016
Happily Ever After for Merri and Brett
About Face I thought it was about time you got the chance to see Merri’s face instead of the back of her head, so I had her turn around for the cover shoot. Isn’t she pretty? Let me know what … Continue reading →
July 3, 2016
Elizabeth Spaulding, Builder of Sears Houses
Merri and Brett’s time-surfing adventures in More Than Meets the Eye take them to Carlinville, Illinois in 1918 to observe the construction of the largest collection of Sears catalog homes in the in the United States. The Standard Oil Company … Continue reading →
July 2, 2016
Happily Ever After for Merri and Brett
About Face I thought it was about time you got the chance to see Merri’s face instead of the back of her head, so I had her turn around for the cover shoot. Isn’t she pretty? Let me know what … Continue reading →
July 1, 2016
The Rewinding Time Series is concluded
I’m happy, yet a little sad too, to announce that More Than Meets the Eye, the final episode in my Rewinding Time Series is now here (Well, only to pre-order, but still.). I’m happy because Merri and Brett finally get … Continue reading →
