After three novels and five decades of marriage, I have a few things to say about long love. Not the falling into kind, but the staying in kind. I’ve been [...]
One of the hazards of writing historical fiction is the research rabbit hole. These detours can last minutes or entire days, and they pull you away from the story you [...]
Last month I had major surgery on my shoulder. Unfortunately, it wasn’t just a frozen shoulder, as I previously thought. Shortly before my operation, I finished revising the final chapter [...]
As an author, it seems there is always so much work to be done that it can be easy to forget to stop and celebrate the wins and milestones along [...]
Here’s something no one tells you about writing a historical novel series: the research never really ends. Neither, apparently, does the writing. This fall will mark the publication of Songs [...]
Recently I found a journal I had written thirty years ago. There’s something grounding about reading your own past struggles and the insights you gathered along the way, whether from [...]
Last week I used my regular newsletter slot (first Friday of the month) to share my thoughts about how motherly love is often refined by suffering. You’ll find that post [...]
Four days had passed since we’d seen each other, yet it seemed like a month. Then, I heard a child’s delighted cry—“Gigi!” My grandson ran into my arms, almost knocking [...]
Some stories won’t let you go. For me, one of those stories is the night Daniel Read Anthony received a gunshot to his neck—and lived. That single moment became the [...]
Some writers climb mountains for research. I seem to take a more… involuntary approach. When I wrote my first novel for children, it featured a dramatic tumble off a horse. [...]
