I’m kicking off my FAVORITE FRONTIER FICTION series with fellow author Michelle Griep! Her summer release, The Captured Bride, looks quite at home on our cabin porch. Without further adieu, here’s a guest post by Michelle that gives us a realistic look at the research, history, and inspiration behind this new novel… A Visit to Fort Niagara Whether you’re a …
18th~century Kitchen
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 scratch, too! Sometimes she would make old-fashioned gingerbread which makes me wonder …
Noble & Liberty
For those who like a visual to go with a story, here’s the template for Noble Rynallt! Granted, it may not look like the hero in your head and heart and that’s okay. Here’s a peek at Liberty, too! When I begin a story I have a vague impression in my mind of hair color, eye color, height, and so …
When you meet your new heroine
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 few. Anne Kushnick is new to me but the woman she …