I like to say I inherited my love of baking and gardening from my mother; a love of horses, reading, and writing from my dad—and the wanderlust gene from both. When I traveled to Southold, L.I., with my mother in 1999 to discover our roots, passions collided: my love of faith, family, travel, history, and writing. Little did I know …
What’s In a Name?
I love names. I love the stories behind the name, how a name can define a person and sometimes not. Names are important. Even God knows us by name. My church offered a seminar called Younique – a course on finding our “one-of-a-kind divine design” and I jumped in. I’ve been struggling with some of the current issues of the …
Research: Chasing Clues, Ideas, and Whims
I love researching a new novel. I love letting the story swirl in my head as I chase clues, ideas, and whims across the country and into research heaven: libraries and museums, historical sites and societies, bookshops and academia. Wherever the road may lead is research heaven. My fiction is based on real historical women and to trace the path …
An Epiphany
Dear Reader, Many of you are new subscribers, and I welcome you with warm hugs, excited to get to know you in the coming year! Thank you for joining me on my writing journey. I share my thoughts, happenings, and book news in the occasional newsletter or whenever I might have an epiphany! Last month I chose “reconnect” for my …
7 Tidbits About the Potato Peel Pie Novel You Might Not Know
I first read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society novel several years ago and it became one of my all-time favorite books. The appeal was not in the title–I couldn’t resist the back-cover copy or the fact that it was written as letters rather than chapters. When the bestselling novel became a movie, I feared I wouldn’t enjoy …
Is Quaker the New Amish?
Is Quaker the new Amish in fiction? I think that would be lovely! I recently participated on a panel at a writer’s conference where the question what do you think is the next hot genre in historical fiction? was asked. Having read Suzanne Woods Fisher’s Phoebe’s Light, the first book in her exciting Nantucket Legacy series, I suggested just that – …
A Degree of Separation?
Have you ever experienced what seemed a degree of separation? It felt too amazing to be a coincidence? It happened to me as I chatted with my seatmate on my return flight to Washington state from Virginia, and while it may have been a degree of separation – multi-layered actually – it was definitely a God thing. I recently traveled …
That Thing About Doors
When I was in England, I was struck by how beautiful the doors were. The English give thought to that first impression of their home or business. Here are a few of my favorites, along with some fun door quotes! “Keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new …
Win 45 Inspirational Historical Romance Books + a Kindle Fire!
DEAR READERS, Today, I have a fun surprise that I’d like to share with you. You can win books AND a Kindle Fire! I’ve teamed up with more than 45 fantastic inspirational historical romance authors to give away a huge collection of novels to 2 lucky winners, PLUS a Kindle Fire to the Grand Prize winner! You can win my novel TO FOLLOW …
Founding Families of Southold, Long Island Event
Rebecca will be a Presenter at the Founding Families of Southold weekend-long event June 3rd, at 11:00am. In her talk, The Blue Slate, Bringing Your Legacy to Life, Rebecca will share her research trips to Southold, and her journey to publication. Also, a slide presentation of her trip to Mowsley, England, last September and a visit to the village that was home …