Kate Evans is an adventurous and independent young woman with a pioneering spirit. She pilots a mail-delivery plane in the forbidding Alaskan wilderness, the lone woman in a male profession. But even that seems easy compared to finding true love. She likes a fellow pilot and would even consider marrying him–if it weren’t for Paul, a mysterious man on her mail route with a gentle spirit and a past to hide. Can Kate break through the walls Paul has put up around his heart? And will her quest for adventure be her demise? Book 1 in the Alaskan Skies series, Touching the Clouds will draw readers in with raw emotion...
Mockingjay
Last August, I read a book that gripped me like none other. I nearly went crazy in between the time it took me to finish the book and the drive to Barnes and Noble to get the second book. The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins is a story for all ages, but let me issue this warning: It is utterly addictive. That is why, a year of angst later, I’m going to be at the Mockingjay Midnight Release Party with my other Hunger-Games-fanatic friends. The first books, The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, are prime examples of what good novels should be – full of endearing and tough hearted...
Story Behind the Story: Sarah Sundin
What would happen if a poor girl made a shameful decision to feed her family? What would the consequences be? What would she be like when she grew up? That series of questions was the inspiration for Lt. Ruth Doherty, an Army nurse during World War II, and the heroine of A Memory Between Us, the second book in the Wings of Glory series. Ruth’s character came to me when I was writing my first novel, A Distant Melody, which was meant to be a standalone book. My hero in A Distant Melody was a B-17 pilot with the US Eighth Air Force based in England. While doing...
Writing news and blogging plans
Greetings! The past three weeks for me have been…chaotic…to say the least. You might not have noticed if you just read my blog, because of the beauty of pre-scheduled posts (thank you, WordPress). However, I’ve been running all over Washington and Oregon for a writer’s conference and a county fair…then back to work to catch up on all I missed! Here are some photos from the OCW Conference. I’ll blog later about my Coaching Class with the infamous James Scott Bell. He’s simply brilliant. I am most excited about the amount of interest I received for my newest novel, especially after my first manuscript took a solid beating last year....
In honor of this year’s fair
Here is a repost of one of my first ever blogs, posted around this time last year. Enjoy! This week, the Clark County Fair takes over the small town of Ridgefield, Wash., and erupts into a 10-day flurry of wild rides, cotton candy, elephant ears, dozens of vendors, animals of all shapes and sizes, demolition derby and monster trucks. All the good, traditional fair activities aside, the Clark County Fair lands near to my heart. Apart from having shown horses at the fairgrounds for most of my life, I represented the fair across the Pacific Northwest in 2004. I was a Clark County Fair Court Princess. Yes, I know what...