Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category
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Yay! Yippee! Hooray!
09 Nov 2017Finishing the first draft of a book is one of the most exhilarating thing an author can do. Knowing that…
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How to Grow a Garden–or a Book
23 Oct 2017When my husband and I bought a house a year and a half ago, the first thing we started working…
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Breadcrumbs and Bombs
09 Oct 2017My historical novel about WWII and the Sudeten Germans is moving along nicely now. It has a tentative title of…
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My Son Visited France: A Photo Essay
08 Oct 2017My son, Scott Finlay, wrote this wonderful guest article about sightseeing in Paris, France to share with readers. I hope…
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The Former Sudetenland and My Next Novel
07 Sep 2017I’ve been reading lots of history books about WWII and lots of novels set during that time period. It was…
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Troglos in Arizona?
04 Sep 2017For years now I’ve been writing books that are set in France, in small hillside villages dotted with troglos–troglodyte cave…
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The Creative Mind at Work
01 Sep 2017Some of you may already know this: I’m working on multiple novels right now. I’ve written numerous chapters of the…
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Sunset Cruise on Lake Pleasant
27 Aug 2017Last night a group of friends (I think there were at least forty of us) got together on a cruise…
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Book Reviews & Differing Opinions
24 Aug 2017Writers usually love to get reviews of their books. They ask for them, plead for them, and get excited when…
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Sedona Photo Essay Part III: Hiking
24 Jul 2017For my final Sedona article, I’m writing about our hiking adventures. We drove around Sedona, looking for good hiking places…