I talk to Nev March, award-winning author of a mystery series set in nineteenth-century India and the USA. Coming August 12: paperback edition of her third book The Spanish Diplomat’s Secret

Nev, welcome to my blog. It’s a privilege for me to introduce you to my readers. I’ve always admired your work. Congratulations on the success of The Spanish Diplomat’s Secret. Your biography states that after a long corporate career you returned to your passion for writing. From the outside, my impression is that you went …

Exciting Book Launch at Chester Village, Connecticut, July 10.

The audience swelled as drum players on video from Rabual, Papua New Guinea, welcomed them in. Their traditional message was “Gather around. There’s trouble ahead.” I was solo with a slide show, four excerpts from my novel read by Daphne Stitt and an interview I had recorded  in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea, with Albert Konie. …

My Next Fun Book Event in New York City. A Panel on Research for Historical Novels for the Romance Writers Association.

Join Us   Saturday, July 13 at 1:00 pm Eastern for a Zoom panel on:   Researching Your Novel The Program: Three acclaimed authors from the Historical Novel Society will share the tricks, tools, pitfalls, and delights of doing scholarly/library, internet, and site visit research. This event is a collaboration between the NYC chapters of the …

June 25. A Fun Book Launch Event of Beyond the Bukubuk Tree, with Lance Ringel at the lovely Willa Cather hall, Jefferson Market Library.

Dear friends, From left to right: Me, Lance Ringel, Stephanie Cowell and Chuck Muckle. A big crowd, terrific questions and post-talk discussion. Lance’s partner, actor and singer Chuck Muckle, sang a WW I song to conclude the event. The moderator  was acclaimed author Stephanie Cowell. Lance Ringel’s novel, Flower of Iowa, features two infantry privates …

Thanks to Non-Fiction Author Alison McMahan for reviewing Beyond the Bukubuk Tree in her Substack Newsletter. She covers Lark Force and Rabaul’s indigenous Tolai with thorough and thoughtful comments. And of course, her enthusiastic recommendation is thrilling.

Dear Friends, I met Alison McMahan through the Historical Novel Society New York Chapter, when her non-fiction book and documentary on one of the USA’s first female film makers, Alice Guy Blanche, won wide acclaim. I am so grateful for her review of Beyond. There’s nothing more encouraging to an author, after the years of …