Love is worth the risk
Old friends are the best friends, don’t you agree? This past week I had the privilege of spending time with one of my dearest. While the weather kept us in more than we like, I was able to introduce her to Time Team (one of my favorite television indulgences, and the game of Carcassonne. Mostly […]
Her heroine approaches Tours to this view, “As they approached on the north side of the river, the town spread across the wide Loire and the red brick curtain wall of the fortress of the medieval French kings, the Palace of Amboise spread along the banks.” I haven’t been there, Fellow Travelers. I think it […]
Highlighting Historical Fiction with Jeanine Englert and The Highlander’s Secret Son Even though my newest book, The Highlander’s Secret Son, takes place in Georgian times in 1743, the clan rivalry between my hero, Brandon Campbell, and heroine, Fiona MacDonald, is sparked by a previous true historical event that occurred generations before them: The Glencoe Massacre […]
An excerpt: I’ve had moonlight on my mind lately. ***** “We’re still weeks from Khartoum, Sekhmet. Bashkim—” Use of the nickname made her lips curl up into a smile. “Neither Bashkim nor Khartoum has anything to do with it. You have your work, your goals.” “And you have yours.” He shifted and tried to cradle […]
…that some people think in pictures? Many folks with Autism Spectrum Disorder do, as eloquently described by Temple Grandin (and brilliantly presented in the movie with her name in the title). Some do not. The variation is wide. Most people with ASD are likely to tell the absolute unvarnished truth in all situations, with no […]