Many of my readers have commented that my book covers are beautiful.  I am happy they are appealing and pretty, but I want you, my dedicated readers,  to know they are meant to be so much more.  … [Read more...]

I’ve promised many people I’d get Beyond Shiloh out before summer is over.  I am trying very hard to keep my promise.  The past three weeks have been quite productive.  I still have forty-three days … [Read more...]

My Dear Writer Friends, Do you know the most important tool in your writer’s tool box is passion?  This is the theme of the enthusiastic, poignant message from the final speaker at our get-together … [Read more...]

Native born and proud to be an Arkansan. In 1836, the Federal Government cut a swath of land from the Louisiana Purchase and named it after an Indian tribe that at one time roamed the green hills … [Read more...]

Father’s Day is near. My daddy passed almost eighteen years ago. Not one day goes by that I don’t miss him. He loved yellow roses. I place this picture him in his memory. It is an Arkansas yellow rose … [Read more...]

As I complete the edit on third volume of the Shiloh Saga, I am looking on to what I may write next.  Of course, I plan to finish Mac and Laurel’s story, but after that I wonder where I will find my … [Read more...]

The Dream of Shiloh is out, and people are asking for volume 3 of the Shiloh Saga.  I have been traveling to share stories about my books and having a wonderful time visiting with friends and family … [Read more...]

Interview posted on the History Thru the Ages blog. … [Read more...]

There are five major rivers in Arkansas that have been used for commerce and navigation by steamboats.  Name three of them. Three families made up the “Family” of early Arkansas politics.  Name two … [Read more...]