Category: Historical Fiction

  • Things Just Fell Into Place

    It was nothing remarkable that I did. Nothing that I especially deserved. It just happened. That’s how my 3xs great aunt’s diary has become a novel.

  • Phrases Mary Jane uses and I love

    Reviving my Quaker roots “What’s all that dead time during your church service?” my soon-to-be-husband wanted to know. He had managed to slip out after his early morning Methodist service to sit with me during my Quaker meeting for worship.  As a birthright member of The Religious Society of Friends, I knew we had some…

  • Engaging student writers with local history

    A pandemic accomplishment to be proud of The school year always ends on a hectic, almost frantic note for me as I rush around with last-minute tasks. By the time the first day of summer vacation arrives, I revert to being a kid:  I want to toss my spelling book into the campfire, stay up…