Trana’s Comments (group member since Feb 16, 2021)

Trana’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

Dale wrote: "My family (which isn't quite so prominent as yours) has a "family story" written by one of my distant uncles of some degree or another about the great westward migration of our ancestor Adam Lehman (yes, I can trace my family back to Adam!) from Perry County to Mercer County. The story has some fictional elements. My father arranged to have it typed and later put into electronic format. Copies have been liberally distributed through the family, but it was never published."
That's awesome! A limited edition of Increase's 1798 diary describing his journey from Mass. to Ohio then back and the family genealogy was published and given to a few family members. I found his journal fascinating and wanted it to be available for future generations. Have no idea what happened to my mother's copy!

Thanks for posting it to your FB!!

Anna wrote: "Just looked at yours Trana - very professional!"

Thanks, Anna!

Dale wrote: "Thanks! I may have to get a copy of your book, too. I'm not much of an historian, but my family is from Ohio. I'll share your trailer on my FB when I get a spare moment."

Awesome! Thank you, Dale. I hope to travel to Ohio this summer for more research. The historical society has an archive of papers that were found within the walls of an old house. They're in the process of renovating the building which will house the archives.

Carole wrote: "Just shared to my Facebook- Looks like an interesting book."

Thanks, Carole! Appreciate any and all publicity! :)

I made a book trailer but really not sure how to promote it! LOL Good luck with your channel!

Last March, April, and May I was a couch potato and watched a lot of TV. Then I shook myself out of this funk, and got back to scheduled writing. Published the sequel this January and now working to revise my third novel. Last summer, I wanted to travel 1,800+ miles to do research, but this didn't happen.

On Thursday, our Arizona governor lifted all restrictions. Yet, I still need to wait before making travel plans. The county historical society has an archive that I want to research. They had planned to renovate a historic home to house their archives, and this was put off last year. Work began on this two weeks ago -- so hopefully I'll be able to go there this year! I'm hoping something inside their archive of Increase's papers will shed light on his land dispute!

Thanks for sharing, Dale.