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    The Loyalist is here!
    • Mar 1, 2017

    The Loyalist is here!

    [This book is available now at your local ebook retailer or smashwords!] On November 26, 1782, the Nova Scotia Gazette Weekly Chronicle...
    The Siege of Ninety Six
    • Feb 28, 2017

    The Siege of Ninety Six

    In the book The Loyalists at Kings Mountain, it is written that Michael Isham “evacuated Fort Ninety Six with Lt. Col. John H....
    A Civil Battle at King’s Mountain
    • Feb 27, 2017

    A Civil Battle at King’s Mountain

    In many ways the American Revolution was as much a civil war as a revolution. Not every colonist took up arms against the British; many...
    Crowd-funding in 1764 London
    • Feb 20, 2017

    Crowd-funding in 1764 London

    In the years following the Seven Years’ War (1754-1763), tens of thousands of Germans left for the New World to improve their worldly...
    A Trip down the Rhine
    • Feb 15, 2017

    A Trip down the Rhine

    Michael Eisan was born Michael Greissen Frein in the Palatine region of Germany (Pfalz) sometime around 1730, exactly where or when we do...
    The Loyalist is coming!
    • Feb 10, 2017

    The Loyalist is coming!

    The Loyalist is my great-great-great-great-grandfather who came to be known as Michael Eisan, though he had many names over the course of...
    • Jan 12, 2017

    The Cave of Story

    Today I shall write for the sheer joy and pleasure it will bring me and not to produce something grand or even good. Yet every word tends...
    More Book Flogging
    • Sep 27, 2016

    More Book Flogging

    I will be at the Saanich Public Library at George Pearkes Community Centre behind Tillicum Mall to flog my books on Saturday, October 1...
    • Jul 28, 2016

    I Won!

    It doesn’t happen often, but occasionally the world surprises you with a win. No, it wasn’t the lottery. I’d have to buy a ticket for...
    • Jul 14, 2016

    Smashwords Sale!

    If you have an e-reader and would like to get a tremendous deal on ebooks, you should check out Smashwords. For the month of July, they...
    Emerging Local Authors
    • May 2, 2016

    Emerging Local Authors

    Greater Victoria Public Library is a great supporter of local writers. This evening they are hosting a reception/book launch for the...
    NaNoWriMo 2015
    • Nov 30, 2015

    NaNoWriMo 2015

    Well, why do we put ourselves through such torture if we can’t brag about our accomplishment? This morning I validated the 50,003 words...
    • Apr 28, 2015

    Spirituality of Writing

    Why do I write? Writing is my greatest pleasure. It is a gift from God and a gift for God. And what is God? God is a spirit, the spirit...
    Musings from Middle Earth (6)
    • Mar 30, 2015

    Musings from Middle Earth (6)

    Homecoming at Hobbiton Every story is a journey filled with perils that ends with a homecoming. Our journey through New Zealand had its...
    Musings from Middle Earth (5)
    • Mar 29, 2015

    Musings from Middle Earth (5)

    Many More Strange Birds First of all, the bird in front of the New Zealand fur seal in my second musing was an oyster catcher, not a...
    Musings from Middle Earth (4)
    • Mar 28, 2015

    Musings from Middle Earth (4)

    More about the Big One Wellington, this time My husband David wanted to go to New Zealand because he lived there 40 years ago and he...
    Musings from Middle Earth (3)
    • Mar 27, 2015

    Musings from Middle Earth (3)

    The Perils of Middle Earth We slept three nights at Isengard and there we survived the last dying breath of a cyclone. Actually, the...
    Musings from Middle Earth (2)
    • Mar 15, 2015

    Musings from Middle Earth (2)

    Kiwis and Other Strange Birds Strange birds abound in New Zealand. Everyone’s heard of the kiwi, but they’re reputed to be very shy and...
    Musings from Middle Earth (1)
    • Mar 12, 2015

    Musings from Middle Earth (1)

    Are We Ready for the Big One? So many people have told me how much Christchurch is like my hometown of Victoria. These are the...
    • Mar 5, 2015

    Middle Earth, I mean New Zealand, here I come

    It’s been a while since I’ve had anything interesting to talk about on my blog, so this Sunday I’m headed down under to see a part of the...
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