by Laura Frantz | Apr 8, 2020 | Home, Inspiration, Memoir, My Kentucky Kitchen, Recipes
My Kentucky kitchen has become My Quarantine Kitchen instead! Some of you have asked for my bread recipe and I’m pleased to share. It’s been a favorite of ours for many years, especially now when we’re at home so much. The recipe is said to be from...
by Laura Frantz | Jan 15, 2020 | Book Covers, Books, Frontier, Heroes and Heroines, History, Inspiration, Uncategorized
When my debut novel released in 2009, I never dreamed my books would make their way to Dutch readers. But the Dutch were the first to pick up The Frontiersman’s Daughter as a foreign-rights edition. Over time the covers have changed. Some of the titles have...
by Laura Frantz | Dec 31, 2019 | Authors, Books, Heroes and Heroines, History, how readers help, Inspiration, Novel News, Reading, Reading Friends, Uncategorized, Writing
Recently I ‘sat’ down with readers for a day in December and invited their questions. We talked Christmas and books! I’ll be doing these chats once a month on my Facebook author page and would love for you to join me next time in January. Here are a...
by Laura Frantz | Nov 24, 2019 | Home, Inspiration, Memoir, My Kentucky Kitchen, Recipes, Uncategorized
I have rich memories of Kentucky Thanksgivings at my granny’s house. She’d cook for days beforehand, hardly taking her apron off till she went to bed. One magical happening was going onto the back porch and opening what she called the back closet. There,...
by Laura Frantz | Oct 8, 2019 | Books, First Lines, History, how readers help, Inspiration, Novel News, Uncategorized, Writing
So I’m about to begin another novel. Years ago, when the publishing door opened, I felt I’d be blessed to publish one book. Now, ten years later, I thought it might be fun to revisit those first lines of past novels if for no other reason than I...
by Laura Frantz | Aug 6, 2019 | Books, History, Inspiration, Novel News, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing News
I’m always in the garden when the pages arrive hence the floral décor! This is the first time I’ve seen the manuscript soon to become a real book, the last step before the novel goes to print. I carefully read through all 377 pages to make sure there are...
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