by Alena Mentink | Mar 5, 2025 | Books
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...
by Alena Mentink | Mar 4, 2025 | Books, Home to Osceola
With most of my books, I can remember the moment an idea took fire and started spinning itself into a book. One scene jumps to life vividly, and then bit by bit, the rest of the details of the story follow. Not every author works that way. To each their own...
by Alena Mentink | Mar 3, 2025 | Home to Osceola
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...
by Alena Mentink | Mar 1, 2025 | Home to Osceola
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...
by Alena Mentink | Feb 28, 2025 | Home to Osceola
Since A Time of Proving released just two days ago, it begs the question . . . Why a book series set in Nebraska? Honestly, I think Nebraska is the best of all fifty states, so of course I have to write about the area. (Yes, I grew up here, and yes,...
