Book Review: "Paper Children" by Marcia Fine
Marcia Fine's evocative, devastating novel begins in Poland in 1929, with the life of a frivolous, politically unaware young woman named...
Handling Praise
The thrill of receiving my own printed books in large boxes was rapidly replaced with nervousness. Would people like it? I've read it so...
How I'm Launching my Book
Since I posted this photo on social media, I've been bombarded by congratulations, well-wishes, and questions about launching my book....
Music in WW2
The power of music to move us, to inspire us, to join or divide us, is never more apparent than in wartime. Music was an important tool...
War Brides of WW2
During WW2, thousands of young European brides who had married Canadian and American servicemen, had to be transported across the...
Egypt in World War II
This photo of British servicemen enjoying an outing on camels, and led by Egyptian men in traditional dress, shows only a tiny aspect of...
Clothing in World War II
We've all seen the (mostly) black and white photographs of people in the 1940s, but when I'm writing a story, I want you, my reader, to...
Writing Historical Fiction? - Check the Timeline
How I as a writer use historical fact to create historical fiction.
5 Ways to Cancel that Pity Party
Throughout our world, disasters pile on disasters. Wildfires in Montana. A brutal earthquake in Mexico. Floods in India. And of course,...
Two were Enough
Shannon radioed for the coroner, shaking her head. What a goddam stupid argument, and two kids dead. The young sister, quaking in the...
