by Laura Frantz | Apr 17, 2018 | Books, History, Inspiration, Novel News, Uncategorized, Writing
If you were to ask which country is my favorite other than the U.S.A. I’d say Scotland without pause. Home of my Hume ancestors (and those Ballantynes), Scotland has epic history, scenery, and cuisine, to name just a few of its many treasures. Here are some...
by Laura Frantz | Mar 9, 2018 | Frontier, History, Inspiration, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing
Spinning by Firelight, Henry Tanner (American artist, 1859–1937) Oh, the ongoing joys of research! Recently I spent several hours by the fire reading about the early settlers in what is now West Virginia – The History of Randolph County, West Virginia by Dr....
by Laura Frantz | Feb 19, 2018 | Frontier, Heroes and Heroines, History, Inspiration, My Kentucky Kitchen, Novel News, Reading, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
I confess to being a bonafide foodie & cooking along with my heroines, or in this case, baking. Growing up in my granny’s Kentucky kitchen, in which not once in all her 97 years did she do dishes by anything but hand (no dishwasher), everything else was from...
by Laura Frantz | Jan 31, 2018 | History, how readers help, Inspiration, Novel News, Uncategorized, Writing
I’m blessed by readers who enjoy my books and then leave reviews about what the story meant to them. I also admire those who might not enjoy a book but point out what they do and don’t like in a gracious, helpful way. Good reviews are like the finest...
by Laura Frantz | Jan 15, 2018 | Books, Frontier, Heroes and Heroines, Inspiration, Novel News, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing News
Ani Get Your Gun by Anne Kushnick There are some fine frontier authors out there just as there are fine frontier artists. I’ve often wished I could inhabit the head and heart and gifted hands of Pamela Patrick White or David Wright or John Buxton, just to name a...
by Laura Frantz | Nov 15, 2017 | Books, Inspiration, Novel News, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing News
Even after eight published novels (and a drawer full of unpublished ones), hearing your book has arrived in the publishing warehouse is still a thrill. And my head editor was thoughtful enough to send an email saying she’d just received her copy of The Lacemaker...
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