The Frugal Homemaker & the Writer
The Hunt family in my new series, Flintlock and Steel, and the Harrell family in the Harrell Family Chronicles both raised a lot of children. I raised six boys. Continue reading The Frugal Homemaker & the Writer
Category: inspiration
What is Your Holiday Spirit?
Winter Bourbon Smash (Half Gallon Pitcher) Small jar (8-ounces) of preserves or jam my favorite is blackberry or cranberry orange. (Recipe for Quick Cranberry Orange Jam: 1 can orange juice concentrate, 1 can cranberry sauce and ½ cup sugar, 2 tablespoons water and 1 small box orange gelatin. Dissolve sugar in water, add orange juice and cranberry sauce stirring until mixed well, add in gelatin … Continue reading What is Your Holiday Spirit?
Inspiration for Jerico, Carolina
Like Willie said, I grew up a dreaming of being a cowboy and loving the cowboy ways… I have always loved cowboys from the old western television shows and movies to country and western music, to the whole cowboy culture. There was always something about the cowboy that even though he tipped his hat and might use good manners, there was an untamed part of … Continue reading Inspiration for Jerico, Carolina
Poison Research
Arsenic was the most popular poison for Victorian poisoners because it was readily available. It was used in dye especially the vibrant greens that were popular for wallpaper and rugs during this time. It was also used for killing rodents, one only had to go to the local apothecary or grocer for a bit of arsenic. It was tasteless and odorless. Continue reading Poison Research
Wedding and Other Special Occasions
I’m writing a bonus story for my newsletter with a wedding. As a reader, what part of the wedding do you want to know the details? I love the dress description, but I also want to know the groom’s expression when he sees his bride coming down the aisle. Continue reading Wedding and Other Special Occasions
Write Quickly and Efficiently
As a pantser learning to plan my writing has been difficult but if you are like me and you think about your story even when you aren’t writing then you are already planning. Continue reading Write Quickly and Efficiently
To Write Faster…
Write as if no one is going to read it. Pour everything you think and feel into it with no censor. Continue reading To Write Faster…
Thrills, Chills and Romance…
What do horror stories and romance have in common? Continue reading Thrills, Chills and Romance…
What We Can Learn from Ethnic Movies and Books…
and suddenly the world becomes a little smaller, strangers become neighbors, and our differences don’t seem so foreign because they are the uniqueness of a friend or the peculiarities of a neighbor, so they are not as frightening as those of a stranger, nor a foreign as someone living half a world away. Continue reading What We Can Learn from Ethnic Movies and Books…
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