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Chat with a cover model

November 15, 2016 By Tamera Alexander

I always enjoy chatting with the cover models for my books, and my conversation with Brit—who is on the cover of A Note Yet Unsung (February 2017)—was a delight. I asked her ten questions, and she has ten insightful and entertaining responses. Enjoy! Thanks, Brit, for joining us—and welcome!  1.      How did you become the cover model for A Note Yet Unsung, a Belmont Mansion novel (book … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, Reading, Writing

Writing Historicals: Balancing Fact with Fiction

October 7, 2016 By Jody Hedlund

If you’ve read my novels, you know I particularly like to write about the romances of true couples from history. Over the past couple of years, I’ve branched into writing true historicals (versus more of the “inspired-by” that I did earlier). Last year, I published Luther & Katharina a historical based on the love life of the monk Martin Luther and his bride, a runaway nun named Katharina von … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, Writing Tagged With: historical fiction, Jody Hedlund

A Luncheon at Belmont Mansion

August 16, 2016 By Tamera Alexander

Yesterday, I had the pure pleasure of meeting a bookclub at Belmont Mansion (the setting of my Belmont Mansion novels) for a delicious luncheon, wonderful sharing time, and then a tour of the mansion. I never tire of being in Adelicia Acklen's beautiful home. Pay no attention to that woman in the background flashing us. Those Victorians and their naked statues… Sheesh!   A … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, History, Reading

Visiting Greenfield Village

May 3, 2016 By Tamera Alexander

On a recent trip to Rochester, Michigan, Joe and I visited Henry Ford's Greenfield Village—and loved it! Then again, I'm a sucker for anything historical. Greenfield Village is a huge outdoor museum spread across more than 80 acres that has a plethora of authentic historic structures. And it was a gorgeous spring day, which made the excursion all the more enjoyable. Henry Ford's Greenfield … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family, History

Hands that Shaped the Face of Texas History

April 7, 2016 By Karen Witemeyer

The new series I'm working on centers around a fictional women's colony in Texas. My banker heroine, Emma Shaw, was raised by suffragette aunts to believe that women could accomplish anything men could as long as they worked together. She believed this truth in theory, but grew discouraged when few people saw fit to let the equality play out in real life. So created her own haven of independence. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, Writing Tagged With: Elisabet Ney, No Other Will Do

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