A Photographic Look at Osceola, Nebraska

My Home to Osceola series is fictional. The characters are created out of my own head and the plot is formed as I put those characters through hard circumstances. You won’t find my stories in the history books, sorry to say (or perhaps not so sorry since no real...

Why I Write Historical Fiction

With another book that just released, now seems like the perfect time to talk about why I choose to write historical fiction. There could be a couple answers for that.  The History, of Course. I love diving into the past and exploring the way things used to...

Having a Sense of Place

People talk about having “a sense of place.” You know how it is, the ties you have to a certain area, whether that’s a specific house or piece of land or part of the country. Both Jase and Miriam crave that sense of belonging in A Time of...

The Unexpected Places with Stories

My great-grandma’s house was always one of my favorite places to go when I was young.  She had a big closet with toys for me and my siblings to play with. She had crafts for us to do involving stacks of colorful paper, highlighters, and giant calendar...