Jazz greats Ella Fitzgerald , Sarah Vaughan , John Coltrane , Miles Davis and Duke Ellington When I was a junior in college for broadcast journalism, I was hungry for all of the experience I could get, so I volunteered for a shift as a DJ for the school-owned, professionally run radio station at the University of Missouri - Columbia . The director made sure all students took a first shift for the classical music show, primarily because he had trouble filling that spot. I did

Though 13th , the Academy Award-winning documentary by Ava DuVernay , premiered 10 years ago, I’ll suggest the movie is worth watching, and re-watching, for all of the reasons I state in my essay, “13th: A Tough Movie Worth Watching,” which I posted on my uniting Americans blog, VigilantPositivity . I’m posting a link on MLK Day, not because I think we should be laying blame. Instead, it’s an opportunity for our country to make positive change. I take my hat off to Ava DuVe

When THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGB , the story of two female warriors in precolonial Connecticut, was first published, I ran a Facebook ad. A number of indigenous people commented, wondering if I was Native American, and if not, whether I made the same mistake a lot of non-Native American people do, that indigenous tribes were/are more or less all the same. I’m not indigenous, and I did not make that mistake for two reasons. My research illuminated how different each

Buy NOW! Happy birthday to THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD ! It launched three years ago and has aroused a lot of comments from...

While doing research for my next book, I found an article by the Los Angeles Urban League, “Remembering Onie B. Granville, Founder of...

Buy NOW! When taking part in the American Historical Novel Facebook page holiday giveaway some months ago, I asked readers who their...

You gotta love your sisters! Or at least I do mine. They and their book club have chosen my book, THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE...

I’ll bet some of you love Westerns, both books and movies. If so, the town of San Juan Bautista in CA along the old El Camino Real is a...

Buy NOW! While camping beside a lake, I once woke to the sound of a loon. It was one of the eeriest, most beautiful sounds I’ve ever...

Who’s the woman warrior in your life? That’s the question I asked the women who participated in the American Historical Novels Facebook...

Please join me and so many other fantastic fellow historical fiction writers for this fun holiday event! I’ll be online from 11 - 2 p.m....

Thank you to Leslie K. Simmons , author of RED CLAY, RUNNING WATER and co-admin of the American Historical Novels FB page (along with...

by Ann S. Epstein As a reader with both biological and chosen sisters, I’m a sucker for stories about sisterhood. But what I didn’t...

Buy NOW! Happy 1st book birthday Happy 1st book birthday THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD  ! Since publication by Histria Books ...

by Johanna van Zanten I can’t get enough of stories with strong female characters who, when the chips are down, take risks that require...

Buy NOW! I had a great time attending the American Library Association’s conference in San Diego recently! I got to sign books and talk...

Buy NOW! What do you think of my new video for THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD? I love the rain and couldn't resist making a...

Buy NOW! Spring is most definitely the time to read THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD, a Laramie Book Award semi-finalist with a...

The following is the last in a series of posts by four authors and appreciators of Native American history who would like to honor the...

The following is a post by four authors and appreciators of Native American history who would like to honor the rich heritage of those...