Our April 2017 Book Winner!
Congratulations to Nancy Rose Stec who won our April 2017 book!! I’ll get the book to you ASAP, Nancy. Happy Reading!
APRIL 2017 FREE BOOK!
This year for Christmas my daughter-in-law and son gave me a copy of THE PEARL THAT BROKE ITS SHELL by Nadia Hashimi. My daughter-in-law had read the novel in her reading group and fell in love with it. Set in Afghanistan, THE PEARL THAT BROKE ITS SHELL portrays the difficult life of women and girls…
Your Life and Mine: Music!
I grew up in a home where classical music was highly beloved. My mother’s brother, Wilson Sawyer, was an orchestra conductor and a composer. My mom, a classically trained pianist, became a pro at the young age of 13, when she auditioned for and was chosen to be the pianist for a touring swing and…
Dirt & Bones: Words, Words, Words
My current manuscript (the first book of the BONE FIRE Duet) is set more than 7,000 years ago in the Wallachian Plains of Eastern Europe (now part of Romania). My main male character is Jorn the Word Singer. One of the primary decisions I had to make as I wrote about Jorn involved the words…
March 2017 Free Book Winner!!
Congratulations to Emma Kinnison, winner of our March 2017 Free Book, DRAGON SPRINGS ROAD by Janie Chang! In answer to our question about what country she would like to visit, Emma said her choice would be Great Britain because her ancestors were from England and Ireland! Meanwhile, Emma, while you wait for that bucket list…
MARCH 2017 FREE BOOK!
I’m so excited to offer my friend Janie Chang’s new novel DRAGON SPRINGS ROAD as our March 2017 FREE BOOK! This is an incredible novel that will transport you to another time and place. From the back cover copy: “In 1908, Jialing is only seven years old when she is abandoned in the courtyard of…
DIRT & BONES: A Most Precarious Art
Welcome to the launch of my monthly blog post about the research behind my books. Allow me to begin with an apologetic…. The twenty-first century is a precarious time to write novels set in any prehistoric era. The development of archaeogenetics and genetic anthropology has sent many cherished theories to the boneyard. (Pardon the pun,…
Your Life & Mine: Office Pal
About three years ago, we said a tearful good-bye to our little mini-schnauzer, Wofgang Amadeus. Wof was a protective little guy, sure that the safety of the household rested on his capable shoulders. My husband Neil and I decided that we wouldn’t adopt another dog. We hoped to do some extensive traveling, and we knew…
December 2016 Free Book Winner!!!
Congratulations to Cindi and Jeff Jenkins! They won a copy of David Kingsley Snell’s great new book, THE BARON AND THE BEAR!! Cindi and Jeff, email me your address and I’ll get the book in the mail ASAP!! Happy Reading! And Merry Christmas! Sue
December 2016 Free Book!
What a privilege is mine this month to present as our December 2016 Free Book, the newly released THE BARON AND THE BEAR, Rupp’s Runts, Haskins’s Miners, and the Season That Changed Basketball Forever by our friend David Kingsley Snell. THE BARON AND THE BEAR, published by the prestigious University of Nebraska Press, is an incredible true story…
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