Shenandoah Album series
Fiction Friday: A Quilt with a Story to Tell
Welcome to Fiction Friday, a chance to share some of my stories with you. For the past two Fridays I’ve posted excerpts from the first two novels in my Shenandoah Album series. Today’s excerpt is from book three, Lover’s Knot, which was reissued in May as a trade paperback. All three of these books are also…
Read MoreFiction Friday: Quilting Bees and Bees in the Bonnet
Welcome to Fiction Friday, a chance to share excerpts of some of my books with you. While I’m starting with those currently on sale, eventually some may be entirely new. In fact, some may even be excerpts from other people’s books. This is definitely a work in progress. Last week I introduced you to Nancy,…
Read MoreFiction Friday: Three Generations of Women and a Wedding Ring Quilt
Welcome to Fiction Friday, a chance to share snippets of my books with you. While I’m starting with some of my books currently on sale, eventually some may be entirely new. Today’s excerpt is from Wedding Ring, the first book of the Shenandoah Album series. Wedding Ring and the next two novels, Endless Chain and…
Read MoreDo Authors Have Favorites? Lover’s Knot and the Shenandoah Album Series
So here’s what a novelist tells a reader who wants to know which of her own books is her favorite. “A book is like a baby. A mom loves all her children equally.” Right. . . I’m here to tell you it’s not true. I did not love all my children equally. Oh, sure, total…
Read MoreThe Setting We Never Got to See
Today I’m sharing some photos of my trip to Guatemala, all from our visit to the Chichicastenango in the Highlands on market day. Last week I explained that the trip was research for Endless Chain–just reissued–book two of the Shenandoah Album series. The trip was a bit unusual since I traveled there after the book…
Read MoreGuatemala: An Endless Chain of Repression and Liberation
If you’ve been keeping up with the saga of my Shenandoah Album novels, you know that Endless Chain is being re-released today, this time in a lovely trade paper version, at a bargain price. Right now the book is $8.99 at Amazon. And it won’t be more than $9.99 anywhere else. To celebrate the re-release of…
Read MoreWedding Ring “Quilt Along With” Giveaway
I love the approach of a book launch, even when the book was well and truly launched almost nine years ago. Now Wedding Ring, the first book of the Shenandoah Album series, is about to be re-launched on March 26th, in a new format and with a brand new cover. Recently I blogged about the way…
Read MoreMaking Muckles Out of Mickles or Why Mira is reissuing the Shenandoah Album Novels
What are Muckles and Mickles you say and what in the world do they have to do with Emilie’s novels? What, have you no Scots blood–as do many people in the Shenandoah Valley? “Many a mickle makes a muckle,” means that if you carefully accumulate many little things, you’ll end up with something larger and…
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