A modern writer who respects bards of old, like Taliesin, Aneurin, and Myrddin Wilt, combines storytelling, teaching, and compassion through both contemporary and historical themes. Bards of old were poets, musicians, and historians who preserved culture through oral performance. Maybe the reason I feel connected to bards is that, at four, I started studying music, later sang opera, and composed operas and songs to my own words. I have always studied history and believe that

Fusing historical fact and fiction involves blending research, creativity, and storytelling, with much backtracking and correcting.

Mary Wesley, born Mary Aline Mynors Farmar on June 24, 1912, was an English novelist known for her witty and often risqué novels. She...

In historical fiction, there’s a literal truth and an emotional truth. The fiction writer tries to show the emotional truth.

Another birth terrified Flora. Her last experience had been in a hospital forty-seven miles from Blue Springs.

Prairie Dust,  a historical family saga, depicts the trials and tribulations of homesteading on the Eastern Colorado prairie. Jim...

The left bank hosted almost impenetrable canebrake and tall bamboo, while the right bank was more open, with large timber.

This passage kick-started my characters' journey, but that was only the beginning of investigating countless issues.

In this blog, I investigate the intrigue sailing on the Dismal Swamp Canal.