I sat down one November day, not long after I’d signed the contract for The Gold Rush Christmas, and stared…
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Cultural Sensitivity in Fiction
How much cultural sensitivity do you need to have while writing a novel? My friend Kathleen read “The Gold Rush Christmas”…
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The Drama of Primary Source Materials
Primary Source Materials are first hand accounts of events, like this: “I was too young to remember her. I do…
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Research Serendipity: Christmas Totem Pole
I’ve just finished writing my Christmas novella for next year: The Gold Rush Christmas, and it includes a Christmas-themed totem…
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