Summer is a Busy Time For Me I hope everyone had a wonderful summer. I spent some time relaxing, but I also kept pretty busy. In addition to working on The Duchess of Idaho, Book Five of the Loving Husband Series, I’ve put together a print and digital copy of Copperfield Review Quarterly, a literary … Continue reading Time Travel on the Oregon Trail: An Excerpt From The Duchess of Idaho
Here are some books I’ve read recently, when I found time between revising my dissertation, as well as the next books on my To Be Read list. Books I’ve Read Virgins by Diana Gabaldon I read the first five of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander novels while I was knee-deep in dissertatin’. I love the Outlander books … Continue reading What I’m Reading: The Salem Witch Trials and Some Time Travel
Where Did the Time Travel Inspiration Come From? I have a tendency to come up with story ideas a lot faster than I write them. I mean a lot faster. Fans of When It Rained at Hembry Castle know that I came up with the idea for that book 20 years before I wrote it. … Continue reading The Challenges of Writing a Time-Travel Story
Update on The Duchess of Idaho The first draft for The Duchess of Idaho is finally done. It took me ten weeks to finish, which, for me, is crazy fast. I mean, lightning speed. I wrote in this post about how sometimes it takes me months to write my outline, months to write my first … Continue reading Baking Time: Giving Your Story the Time it Needs
You don’t need to travel to the place you’re writing about, but it’s helpful to go if you can. Sometimes traveling for research happens by accident, when you find a jewel you didn’t know you were looking for. That’s what happened to me when I was in Portland, Oregon and I found my way to Pittock … Continue reading Do You Need to Travel to the Place You’re Writing About?
Visiting Salem, Massachusetts? The latest book in the Loving Husband Series, And Shadows Will Fall, is a final visit for James and Sarah Wentworth to the time that shaped so much of their lives–the Salem Witch Trials. Once again, I’m digging into my research from that era to bring the Wentworths’ story to life. As … Continue reading 10 Places To Visit In Salem, MA
Are You Reading The Duchess of Idaho? Here is a huge thank you to those of you who purchased The Duchess of Idaho, a time-travel love story set on the Oregon Trail. The Duchess of Idaho was #6 on the Time Travel Romance chart on Amazon and #4 on the Amazon Hot New Release chart … Continue reading Must Read Books About the Oregon Trail
“An epic story of hardship, loss, and love on the Oregon Trail. The added element of the time travel makes this adventure even more fascinating.” ~Austen Reviews “A time travel romance on the Oregon Trail? Count me in.” ~Mary Ressenor “Author Meredith Allard has done it yet again with vivid and enriching descriptions. This time, she brings the … Continue reading The Duchess of Idaho