I sat in an Alabama courtroom Saturday night…in 1935. I watched a young black husband and father falsely accused of rape by a young white woman and her father. I watched as an unassuming lawyer courageously fought for the truth, so obvious but for the fog of prejudice. I watched with the lawyer’s children, Scout […]
Last week I found out why historical novelists love reference librarians. I heard it in both research workshops I’ve attended at writers conferences: “Talk to your local reference librarian. They LOVE to answer questions and help you out; it’s what they’re trained to do.” I kept meaning to try it, but not following through. Last […]
I am trying to start posting every Tuesday and Friday. We’ll see how it goes. 🙂 Laura Frantz was one of the authors I was most delighted to meet at the ACFW conference last weekend. In writing about Native Americans and cross-cultural relationships, I’m always excited to find other authors dealing with similar issues, and […]
Our family holds a fondness for the Hundred Acre Wood. Winnie the Pooh held the honor of being almost the only animated Disney my sister and I watched when we were little. As I grew older, I appreciated A. A. Milne’s original Pooh books still more—the whimsical line illustrations, the comforting narrator’s voice, the stuffed […]
Stephanie Grace Whitson has become one of my favorite historical fiction authors in the past year, and her latest book, A Most Unsuitable Match, did not disappoint. By the end of the first two chapters, the main characters Fannie and Sam had drawn me in and made me care…and as we writers know, that is […]
