Blog Tour: Character Spotlight: Carmi Delude Today I'm visiting fellow Story Empire author Beem Weeks to introduce you to another poor farm resident, Carmi Delude. A big thank you to Beem for hosting the final day of the blog tour for The Weight of Snow and Regret. I hope you can take a few minutes and pop over to Beem's place to meet old Carmi! (I have closed comments here.)

Blog Tour: Character Spotlight on Sterlin' D. Weed Today I'm visiting the multi-talented Resa McConaghy at her Graffiti Lux and More blog to introduce a cameo appearance by New England's longest serving bandleader, Sterlin' D. Weed. Resa is a talented costume-designer, artist, and photographer. I first learned of her work on Rebecca Budd's podcast Tea, Toast & Trivia podcast. This was a person I needed to learn more about and follow!

Blog Tour: Character Spotlight: Emmett Couture Today I'm visiting fellow author Jacqui Murray to introduce you to disabled war veteran Emmett Couture. Jacqui is a long-time blogging buddy who is a very accomplished researcher and author of prehistoric fiction. I hope you can take a few minutes and pop over to Jacqui's place to meet Emmett! (I have closed comments here.)

Blog Tour: Character Spotlight: Flossie Kimball Today I'm visiting fellow Story Empire author D.L. Finn to introduce you to the oldest resident at the Sheldon Poor Farm, Florence Kimball, known as Flossie. I hope you can take a few minutes and pop over to Denise's place to meet Flossie! (I have closed comments here.)

Blog Tour: The Vermont Accent Today I'm visiting fellow Story Empire author Nicholas Rossis to introduce you to the Vermont accent that the farmers in The Weight of Snow and Regret and most of the poor farm residents would have had (to a greater or lesser extent). I hope you can take a few minutes and give it a listen! (I have closed comments here.)

Blog Tour: Character Spotlight on Homer and Lester Shover Today I'm visiting fellow author Miriam Hurdle. Miriam writes books straight from the heart in a variety of genres (poetry, memoir, picture books). She is also a painter and an extraordinary gardener. I have closed comments here; I hope to see you at Miriam's place! And while you're there, please check out her work!

Welcome to my book reviews for books I have read while I have been on a blogging break over the next few weeks. I will be reviewing a few more…I’m working on the premise that practice m…

Blog Tour: Character Spotlight on Philo Roy Today I'm over at fellow Story Empire writer Craig Boyack's place to introduce the first in a series of characters inspired by photographs of Vermonters in the 1930s and 1940s on the Library of Congress website. (As someone who writes historical fiction, I am forever indebted to the Library of Congress.) I have closed comments here; I hope to see you at Craig's place!

We have a visitor today, and Liz is here to tell us all about her new book baby. (Notice how I dodged spelling her last name again. Polishes nails on shirt.) Liz is one of my Story Empire partners …

One of the reasons I enjoy reading memoir is that the form lends itself to so many different approaches to writing about significant times in a person’s life. Sandra Tyler’s The Night Garden o…

Delighted to share my review for the latest release by Terry Tyler…Served Cold: Book 1 of the Revenge Series About the book Revenge is a dish best served cold Two novellas in which vengeance …