Meet the authors on Facebook

UPDATE: What fun we had! One of our authors was called away and we missed her. But we had a rollicking good time. The conversation went on long past the closing time. People came from all over the country. So many books, so many talented authors. And lots of readers who sounded like they found…

Presenting my book

I finally got my own copies! Hurray!

Can’t wait for release day? Preorders now available

Even though release day for my book DIVIDED LOYALTIES isn’t for two more weeks, impatient readers can preorder it at a 10 percent discount. It is available only here, on Black Rose Writing’s website For purchases made before the publication date of July 27, use the promo code: PREORDER2017 to receive a 10 percent discount.…

Book/author love in Boonsboro

I got up early on Saturday to drive the 60 miles to Boonsboro for a book signing at Turn the Pages Bookstore featuring Nora Roberts, along with bestselling authors Mary Kay Andrews and Christine Trent and local authors Ed Maliskas and Steve Heske. I had heard these were major events with long lines and lots of…

First steps in promoting my novel

I’ve done all the work to build settings that show how I think the countryside around Antietam Creek looked in 1862. I researched the Battle of Antietam, battlefield nurses and medicine (only enough; I’m squeamish). I’ve considered the clothes people wore then, the foods they ate, the names of the roads and churches and when…