Well, Yankee was a derogatory name for a colonist (we weren’t even Americans yet!). It is unclear exactly how it was coined (one theory is it’s a Native American mispronunciation of English (Yen-gees), another blames the Dutch settlers –‘Janke’ is a term of endearment for ‘little Jan’.) But it is clear the British army officers…
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Committee for excellence in historical fiction is please to present its 2024 Award to: “Fresh News Straight from Heaven: A Novel of the True Mythology of Johnny Appleseed” by Gregg Sapp. From 1970 to 2017, the Wilder Medal recognized authors or illustrators who made substantial and lasting contributions, over a…
Walk Away West – voted Pinnacle Book’s BEST WOMEN’S FICTION. My publisher Evolved Publishing Inc. nominated Walk Away West and we won this accolade this winter. In all the cabin fever and gloomy isolation of our COVID quarantine, Pinnacle Book Awards recognized my hard work and dedication to detail and graced me with this award.…
Kobo, the ebook seller decided to promote Flirtation on the Hudson this week! For just 99 cents from April 30th to May 3rd, you can download my first book in The Journey of Cornelia Rose Series onto your Kobo reader. Just click this link and you can take advantage of Kobo’s Spring Price Drop on the price of…
Oh the weather outside is frightful/but the fire is so delightful/and since there’s no place to go… pick up a good book! We have no choice – reading brings us a world only our own imagination enhances. Open a book and escape into another world. Whether you have another flurry of flakes or a deluge…
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