I discovered an astounding statistic the other day. You know I often write blogs about tough, stubborn, gritty women who beat the odds,...

I would like to thank reader and friend Jeannette Shields for tipping me off to this intriguing lady in defiance–a real one! I get so...

Jack Colton : My minimum price for taking a stranded lady to a telephone is 400 dollars. Joan Wilder : Will you take 375 in traveler’s...

Last week I gave you some thoughts on who and what inspired my character of Charles McIntyre. This week, I’d like to dish on his...

Quirt Evans I often get asked if any of my characters are based on an actual person. Sometimes, they are, sometimes they’re straight out...

Lilian Heath. Such a demure name. She was anything but. In the 1880s, Lilian’s pa got her a job assisting Dr. Thomas Maghee, the...

Love conquers all. Eventually, right? One of my favorite stories of a determined man finally winning the heart of his beloved is the true...

Apparently, author Amélie Wen Zhao hasn’t heard the famous Lincoln quote: You can’t satisfy all of the people all of the time. As...

Abortion. Yeah. I’m going there. As a history freak, I’m pretty well acquainted with how hard life was for the women who settled...

I couldn’t resist sharing this tale with y’all. I was doing a little research and stumbled across the story of  Kate McHale...