Book Club Questions for An Uncommon Woman  Life in the eighteenth century was difficult and dangerous. How would you have responded to the hardships of that time? Dutifully, like Tessa Swan? With the wry tenacity and humor of Hester? Or with the courageous spirit of Clay Tygart? Would you have been among those who left the more civilized East to …

I was so delighted when my publisher told me Woman’s World Magazine had chosen my novel, The Lacemaker, as one of their July 4th or Independence Day reads. Thank you, readers! This novel really underscored the sacrifices our Patriots made to achieve freedom from the British and become a new nation. I’m currently writing another novel circa 1777 which again has …

So, I’ve finished my first novella which will release late July. And I’ve decided that a novella or half a book is a very different creature than a full-length historical fiction novel. For one, there’s an economy of words. You simply can’t wax eloquently like usual. A novella is also far more character-driven than plot-driven. A suspense author might argue …