Yes to the dress!

Laura FrantzBook Covers, Books, History, Inspiration, Novel News, Reading, Uncategorized

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Cover art continues to be my favorite part of publishing and it seems to be of fascination for many readers, too. Other than reading the book! I begin thinking about a cover as soon as I start writing the book and create a ‘secret’ Pinterest board where I save images to share …

18th~century Kitchen

Laura FrantzFrontier, 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 scratch, too! Sometimes she would make old-fashioned gingerbread which makes me wonder …

Those Reviews

Laura FrantzHistory, 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 chocolate. Here’s one and I call literary. You can tell the …

And so it begins…

Laura FrantzBooks, 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Even after eight published novels (and a drawer full of unpublished ones), hearing your book has arrived in the publishing warehouse is still a thrill.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 and was very pleased to be publishing it. I should get my copy any minute …