Technorati Tags: research,Mounties,Fort Whoop Up Today I am blogging over here: http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2009/09/12/linda-ford-and-her-men-in-uniform/comment-page-1/#comment-27638 It’s about Mounties. Is there anything more stirring about our Canadian history than the story of the Mounties and how they marched across the prairies in 1874 to … Continue reading →

Technorati Tags: gratitude,grandchildren,travel,summer,birds,flowers,garden As I work on characters, I think of how the way they look at their circumstances changes everything. Take two characters facing the same events. One of them is grumpy, seeing only the negatives. The other chooses … Continue reading →

Story ideas come in such varied ways. Sometimes like a train coming down the tracks at high speeds. For instance, reading a journal from the past can give me a clear idea of a story. Or touring a museum and … Continue reading →

As an author I am expected to love books and I do. I happen to know where the library is in most towns I visit. It isn’t usual for me to stroll through them just to admire all the titles. … Continue reading →

No not the magic kind with wings and a wand but the kind that takes you across the river. In our days of spending the summers on the road, living in a bunkhouse as we accompanied my father on his … Continue reading →