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ALASKA
Wild Word Friday! Linguists agree that the name ALASKA comes to us from a Native word. There’s some disagreement about which word and even which language. Generally, the consensus is that ALASKA means The Great Land, derived from the Aleut word alyeska, which also means “that which the sea breaks against.” I’m not here to…
July Free Books!
Our give-away books for July 2010 are two novels that I absolutely fell in love with. (Yeah, I know it’s supposed to be “with which I absolutely fell in love”, but when it comes to love, grammar sometimes goes by the wayside!) They are…. WALKING ON BROKEN GLASS by Christa Allan and THE GUERNSEY…
Dec. ’12 Free Book!
This month, because of the busyness of the Christmas Season, our FREE BOOK drawing will be held a week from today. That means on Tuesday, December 11, we’ll draw for our December Free Book. This month’s book is a novel by Olivia Newport – ACCIDENTALLY AMISH. I loved it, and I think you will, too….
Dirt & Bones: Haute Couture, circa 5000 B.C.
In my novel HORSES OF THE WEST SUN (yet to be released and also known as BONE FIRE) set circa 5700 B.C., I based most of my characters’ garments on the clothing and shoes of “the man in the ice” — Otzi. His body was found in 1991 trapped in a glacier in the Otztaler…
May 2019 Free Book Winner!!
Congratulations to Jim Sylvester our May 2019 Book Winner! His reply to our contest entry question, “Have you ever been in a swamp or swale?”, was to ask if his front yard in Kentucky counted. They’ve been getting lots of rain this spring!! Jim message me your address and I’ll send WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING…