Did you ever want to run away from home? Did you pack a bag? If you had to go off-grid, how long would you survive on what you packed? Perhaps you were six-years-old, packed your toys, and really didn’t plan to survive off-grid—you planned to walk to grandma’s house. Or you might have been thirteen… Continue reading How Long Would You Survive?
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Unimpressed to Loving the Blue Ridge Mountains
A soft blue haze enveloped the first mountains I ever saw. They didn’t impress me much. In the distance, they looked like rolling hills. Then came the drive up the mountains, through the mountains, and along the ridge. Each curve, dip, and climb yielded breath-taking vistas of forested mountains, bald knobs, and valleys swathed in… Continue reading Unimpressed to Loving the Blue Ridge Mountains
My Story Went to the Dogs
What do a bloodhound, a satellite, and a tracking device have in common? The answer is a search and research. I researched all three were subjects for my short novel, Fellowship (formerly Ian’s Trust). After the research, my story went to the dogs. Fellowship is the story of Ian Hobart, an eighteen-year-old high school student.… Continue reading My Story Went to the Dogs
Inspiration Behind the Scenes with a Female Sniper
She was seventeen years old in June of 1943. Klavdiia Efremovna Kalugina (also spelled Klavdiya Yefremovna Kalugina) a Russian, born in 1926 came from a “not rich” family. She became the youngest sniper-in-training at a school for Komsomol (Communist Union of Youth) and ultimately became an inspiration behind the scenes. All the other pupils were… Continue reading Inspiration Behind the Scenes with a Female Sniper
Outtake: An Early Prelude
Long ago, I wrote the first draft of My Soul to Keep. It was a fantasy with dragons. What was I thinking? My next draft or two or three were just as far afield as the fantasy, though they were closer to a science fictional approach. Then, after many discussions with my husband and friends,… Continue reading Outtake: An Early Prelude