Category: Book News
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An Exciting New Option
My historical novel, “Catalyntje Trico: A Life in New Amsterdam,” is now available to purchase as an audiobook on Audible. This gives you another way to enjoy the inspiring story of Catalyntje. I worked with Tania Mannion on the recording, and she put great effort into correctly pronouncing the names in this novel. Additionally, she…
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Updates on my Writing Projects
I’ve been working for the past several months with Tania Mannion to produce “Catalyntje Trico: A Life in New Amsterdam” as an audiobook. It is finally nearing completion. When it goes live, it will be available on Audible, Amazon, and Apple Books. It should be ready by September; I will post about it here when…
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Exciting Book News for the Summer
I am excited to announce that this summer, my historical novel, “Catalyntje Trico: A Life in New Amsterdam,” will be available as an audiobook. I’ve had many requests for my novel to be available in this format, and it will soon be an option. I am working with Tania Mannion, who has recorded other novels,…
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Works Cited
Writing historical fiction is a carefully choreographed dance. One side of the stage is filled with untold hours of well-researched facts and details. More than you could ever include in one story. On the other side of the stage is the delicate weaving of these facts into the lives of people who lived long ago.…
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Hello to my New York Friends!
I just signed a stack of my books to be shipped off to New York tomorrow. The Historical Albany Foundation is holding its Built Holiday Shop in a few weeks. It will carry signed copies of my historical novel, “Catalyntje Trico: A Life in New Amsterdam.” This event is a chance to get a signed…
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Writing Update
My debut novel, “Catalyntje Trico: A Life in New Amsterdam,” has now been out for just over one year. I have appreciated all of the positive comments and encouragement I’ve received from all of you as you’ve read this novel. I have discovered that writing and promoting a novel is an all-consuming task, and one…
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Meeting New People
There is much more to publishing a book than I’d ever imagined, and publication is not the end. One thing that has become part of what I do now is giving presentations about my book and hosting book discussions with book clubs. My first presentations were with organizations in New York, first the New Amsterdam…
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Author Interview
Writing a book is a solitary undertaking, with nearly every step being a solo task. There is research, writing, rewriting, editing, brainstorming ideas, etc. All of these are individual undertakings. But, once your book is published, every task becomes public, and everything changes quickly. Once I published my debut historical novel, “Catalyntje Trico: A Life…
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Book Club Discussion Questions
My recently published historical novel, “Catalyntje Trico: A Life in New Amsterdam” has been used more frequently for book clubs. Because of this, I’m including some questions that could be used in your book clubs for your final discussion. I would also be happy to join your book club on a Zoom call is you’d…