Here’s a little promo I put together for PLW’s recently-release Crafting Stories from the Past: A How-to Guide to Writing Historical Fiction. This piece recently appeared in the Sisters in Crime NorCal newsletter, an incredible quarterly edited by Margie Bunting.   I love a good reference book and have lots of them on my bookshelves…. Read More

Congrats to my fellow Paper Lantern Writers on the launch of our Crafting Stories from the Past ~ A How-To Guide for Writing Historical Fiction! Crafting Stories is an incredible collection of historical fiction writing how-tos, including how-to write about horses, use non-western story structures, tame the messy middle, and fictionalize your family history. My… Read More