My friend Paty Jager shares her fact-based premise for her Christmas novella Christmas Redemption. It’s fascinating how essential genuine history can be to quality fiction. Paty’s story is part of the Silver Belles and Stetsons Cowboy Christmas Anthology.
Shanna Hatfield supports the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, both by spreading the word and with a significant financial donation–and you can help! Shanna explains the true-to-history setting of her Hardman Holiday Series. This ghost town was once a thriving city, and Shanna’s research provides her fiction with a solid setting readers can ‘see’. Shanna Hatfield is a USA Today Bestselling Author of sweet romance.
FIVE STARS for Shanna Hatfield’s The Christmas Bargain, a sweet, wholesome romance set in Hardman, Oregon in the Victorian American Era. I fell in love with Shanna’s writing style, her characters, and the depth of emotion her writing evokes. Take a peek inside for more details!
Fountain pens have made a comeback. They’re popular today–but ever wondered when they were invented? Or whether Victorians used them…or still dipped pen nibs in ink bottles? What about the fancy handwriting we see from the Victorian Era? Did you know special business schools taught students proper penmanship for business purposes? This article covers it all.
I’m pleased to share a scene from the middle of The Drifter’s Proposal in its entirety. I refer to this as the “cherry pie” scene.
