If a behind-the-scenes tour of pulling together a 2020 style virtual book launch does not interest you, close today’s blog and enjoy few extra minutes in your day. Our virtual Book Birth Bash Party Friday, October 16 was held in the house-turned office-studio of Bayou City Press publishing company, which is owned and operated by Julie Gianelloni Connor. Read her summary of the event here. The official publication date was October 12, 2020 – aka […]
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Mayflower Chronicles Book Launch Party
Come Celebrate with Us! Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83678586136 Will you join us for the Mayflower Chronicles Book Birthday Bash Party? OCTOBER 16 @ 6 p.m. Central Time This week is the week we’ve been waiting for since, well, it seems like shortly after the Mayflower set sail to return to England. After numerous delays and obstacles, Mayflower Chronicles: The Tale of Two Cultures is here! That is, it is in warehouses ready to deliver to you […]
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Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020 Portions of this article are from Professor Heather Cox Richardson’s September 18 newsletter. I add my tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the thousands offered these past couple of weeks. In doing so, I also want to give tribute to the men who have opened doors for women that were previously shut and locked to keep us out. I hadn’t paid much attention to Ruth Bader […]
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#ListenLearnLove: Whose Land of the Free?
My summer 2020 blogs come from a variety of people commenting on the theme #ListenLearnLove. Today’s guest blog is from Phoebe Morad, the Executive Director of Lutherans Restoring Creation and a woman whose voice is worthy of a broad audience. Thank you, Phoebe for this blog and your important work. As we head into a Fourth of July holiday, in the midst of a pandemic that precludes our usual celebrations, this is a good year […]
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Twelve Generations After the Mayflower
I met Beth Splaine last summer at the writer’s retreat where I was working on Mayflower Chronicles: The Tale of Two Cultures. Each evening we read portions of our work, so she was aware of my efforts to retell this famous story as a historical novel, with special emphasis on the perspective of the Natives and women. As a result of that event, I signed a contract with Green Writers Press to publish the book. […]
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