How about this gorgeous cover from Jenny Quinlan? The Duchess of Idaho is Finally Here The Duchess of Idaho, a time travel love story set on the Oregon Trail, is now available. I came up with the title for The Duchess of Idaho about 20 years ago when I was living in Idaho. There's a … Continue reading The Duchess of Idaho is Now Available
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What Was Life Like on the Oregon Trail?
Photo by James Lee on Unsplash Daily Life on the Oregon Trail One of the benefits of researching the Oregon Trail is that there are numerous primary sources written by the travelers themselves. Many of the pioneers undertaking the dangerous trail west, primarily women, kept diaries or wrote long letters to family back east. A … Continue reading What Was Life Like on the Oregon Trail?
Time Travel on the Oregon Trail: An Excerpt From The Duchess of Idaho
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
Historical Recipe From The Oregon Trail: Johnnycakes
A Wannabe Food Historian I've lost track of the number of times I've said that if I weren't doing what I'm doing, I'd be a food historian. When I wrote Painting the Past: A Guide for Writing Historical Fiction, I waxed poetic on the charms of cooking recipes from the historical era you're writing about. … Continue reading Historical Recipe From The Oregon Trail: Johnnycakes
Researching The Oregon Trail: The Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort
The Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort in Downtown Las Vegas Visiting the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort I finally made it to the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort in Downtown Las Vegas. I’ve been living in the Las Vegas area for nearly 20 years now and this is the first time I’ve visited the Mormon … Continue reading Researching The Oregon Trail: The Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort
Creative Inspiration On The Oregon Trail
Researching the Oregon Trail Now that I’ve spent some time building up my general knowledge about the Oregon Trail, I’m starting to learn more about the culture of the era, which is always one of the most fun parts of writing historical fiction for me. I enjoy discovering how people lived during whatever era I'm … Continue reading Creative Inspiration On The Oregon Trail
What Did They Eat On the Oregon Trail?
Searching For Recipes From the Oregon Trail One of the first things I did when I began researching life on the Oregon Trail was look up the recipes they cooked on the trail. Since they had limited ingredients and limited supplies to cook with, the food had to be simple to make yet still filling. … Continue reading What Did They Eat On the Oregon Trail?
Bookish Inspiration About The Oregon Trail
Revisiting the Loving Husband World It's crazy how much fun I'm having going back to one of my favorite worlds, James and Sarah Wentworth's world in the Loving Husband Series. And here I thought the story was done with Her Loving Husband's Return! Where Down Salem Way was a prequel, the new book, titled The … Continue reading Bookish Inspiration About The Oregon Trail