Despite a background in technical writing, I love writing fiction about strong women. I'm descended from strong Pioneer Women who worked alongside their fathers, brothers, or husbands on farms in Texas and Arizona, killing rattlesnakes as easily as baking a pie. Those ancestors and other strong women I've encountered have stories to tell, and I love sharing them with you.
I write historical fiction, but also love mystery and a little magic. I've received excellent reviews from Kirkus, the Historical Fiction Co., BookLife, and others.. I've been a finalist in the 2023 American Writing Awards and received Honorable Mention from the Paris Book Festival and other awards.
I am a second-generation Arizonan and a history enthusiast. I am a member of the Historical Novel Society, the Arizona Authors Association, and the Arizona Territorial Society. I love to travel and am fortunate to have visited much of this beautiful country and the world. Visit my travel blog at https://wanderinwalkers.wordpress.com/
Despite a background in technical writing, I love writing fiction about strong women. I'm descended from strong Pioneer Women who worked alongside their fathers, brothers, or husbands on farms in Texas and Arizona, killing rattlesnakes as easily as baking a pie. Those ancestors and other strong women I've encountered have stories to tell, and I love sharing them with you.
I write historical fiction, but also love mystery and a little magic....
A retired couple sails away on the cruise of a lifetime - around the world! But just as they get into the excursions, fabulous food, and relaxing days, Rob witnesses their neighbor thrown overboard in the dead of night. He and Kris join forces with the security captain, who appears a little rattled, and a friendly couple who always seem to show...
A notorious killer changed the life of a young Victorian woman. Sarah Herring, now forgotten, was the first woman to win a case in the US Supreme Court without a man’s help. But the young New York schoolteacher didn’t get there overnight. It took hard work and guts.
Arriving in Tombstone in October 1881, Sarah discovers the streets of the...
Updated with new material! Cynthia is a young woman eager to find freedom. Having graduated from a stifling Catholic girls' boarding school in Quebec in 1948, this Kansas City girl is fluent in French and ready to leave her dull life behind. Despite her conservative parents' wishes, she invests her inheritance and sails to France to find the...
I had a great day at Fry's Food and Drug here in Prescott on June 6, 2025. I didn't know what to expect, but after getting my table set up, the customers began stopping by. I...
This historical novel, about a 1960s teenager whose visit to the local library disrupts her life perspective, is still in the works. However, we expect it to be published this...
I sent the completed manuscript of my cozy mystery, A Dream Of A Murder, to my publisher recently. But I'm still thinking of things I could have added/deleted to make it better. That's an author's life. It's easy to fall into the "just one more round of edits" treadmill. I 'finished' that manuscript back in November 2024. I set myself a goal to get it done by the end of that month. and I wrote forward daily, even during Thanksgiving, to get it finished. I wrote over 15,000 words! The only way...
Hello, my friends! I thought I knew almost everything I needed to know about the book publishing business. I know now that I KNOW NOTHING! To be honest, I'm a relative newbie at this, and I thought that since I'd attended dozens of webinars on getting a book published, I was smarter than the average inexperienced author. After all, I'd self-published a book and managed that rather well. I knew how to format a print and ebook, design or shop for a premade cover, and I knew my way around KDP...
When I completed my book, A New York Lady In Helldorado, I was determined to get a Literary Agent and a Publishing deal. I self-published my first book, but getting it noticed was difficult and expensive. I researched how to acquire an agent and looked up examples of query letters that got results. I went to work and wrote a query. And another. I researched agents who represented my genre and sent letters I was sure would bring me success. Nothing. No reply, not “this stinks”, no “drop dead”....
