Tag: 1863

Historical Day!

I wanted to wish you a Happy New Year and let you know I’ll be posting more about the  historical background of my novels this year.  I discover SO MUCH MORE than I can put into my stories–they’re not meant to be history books, but the enlivening of my interpretation of the historical record! This …

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Draft for A Sea of Green is done!

Hi all!   Well bloody hell, I’ve FINISHED the draft for A Sea of Green Unfolding, book 3 in The Long Trails Series! Those of you interested in being a beta reader please PM me. I have some of your names already, and will be contacting those who have done it before or who have …

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First Review on The Hills of Gold Unchanging on Amazon!

LOVE the first review on Amazon of The Hills of Gold Unchanging! 5 Stars, by Shelagh Merlin, NetGalley Professional Reviewer! Glad you liked the story! See it here!

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Blogging Today at The Romance Studio!

Hi All, I’m blogging today over at The Romance Studio! Come on over to The Romance Studio hear a little about the Secession Menace in California in the 1860’s, A Long Trail Rolling and The Hills of Gold Unchanging! See you there! XXX Lizzi

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Reading Choice Excerpts from my Stories in Tauranga– Two Time Slots Now!

Hello All! I’ve been busy working on my second novel, and researching heavily. Thank you to the many people behind the scenes who are helping me in my quests~ Michelle, curator at Papakura Library, for her help with my MANY Hunua Falls questions, Linton Stuart and Murray Sutton (who dragged me over hill and dale …

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What Draws us to History?

Here’s a post I wrote for Bethanne Strasser’s Through the Heart Shaped Glasses blog earlier this month. I thought some of you might appreciate it! What draws us to history? Is it the romance of a different time from our own? Is it what history can show us about ourselves? How we’re different from or …

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Hunua Falls… A Special Kind of Awesome

It happened on the way to St Cath’s Faire, an SCA reenactment event, last Sunday near Clevedon. A massive change in the direction of my new novel, A Sea of Green Unfolding.   It came to me while I drove past the Waihou River (Called the River Thames  by Captain Cook when he first landed …

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