If you’ve ever met me in person….. (grinning sheepishly…), I probably don’t have to tell you how excited I am that NaNoWriMo (nanowrimo.org) starts this Saturday, 1 November. NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month, which happens every November. I’ve started a Facebook page for those who wish to be in a NaNo group and …
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 …
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 …
Hello All! Well, first day, I didn’t make my goal of 1700 words on the new novel I began on 1 November, A Sea of Green Unfolding, the sequel to Express Desired, wherein Aleksandra and Xavier are still reeling from the death of their first newborn child when they discover that they have lost Rancho …
June 20, 3:54pm PDT (today in the States, for those of you in NZ!) “The mail just left Lingle,WY at 4:45 pm, mountain time, headed towards Ft Laramie.” Patrick Hearty & Joseph Hatch The Pony Express Stations in Utah Well done to all of you out there riding! You might get a bit tired, but …
Yesterday’s post detailed the Pony Express 20th Anniversary Re-Ride. I have posted some handy links for you to follow the ride’s progress! Thanks to Pony Express History –18253400.nhd.weebly.com The Re-Ride continues! The “mochila,” (the leather pad with the mail pockets, below), which is transferred between riders on the Pony Express) has made it from Elwood, …
Español…. … ranks behind only China in total number of language speakers, and far ahead of English speakers.. One good reason to include it in my nearly-completed novel… Another one… it is the language of love… Xavier, born of his Spanish Californio family is, despite his challenges, able to speak this language of love… In …
Looking forward to our trip to the States in July! We will be visiting many sites from the novel Express Desire, soon to be completed! First, the Rancho de las Pulgas, which was the old 1795 Spanish land grant which belonged to the family of my novel hero Xavier Arguello, which today comprises most of …
Several of you have asked me why I am writing a novel… Well, for those of you who don’t know me very well, let me introduce some of my history about history……….. I love the Old West. Bit of a long history, suffice it to say I grew up on Highway 84 in La Honda, …