by eruiuebvia | Jan 11, 2024 | Christine Shares
Dear Valued Reader, Happy New Year to you and yours! As the holiday dust settles, I wanted to give you a special New Year’s gift since you are one of the most important people in the world to me: a cherished reader. I thought you might enjoy a sneak peek—before...
by Christine Trent | Jul 29, 2023 | Christine Shares
Happy Summer to you! I know, I know, where have I been? I appreciate your patience over the past couple of years. I took a hiatus from writing while resolving some personal things and while serving on the Historical Novel Society North American (HNSNA) Conference...
by Ruth Martin | Jul 12, 2022 | Christine Shares
Happy Summer! I hope you had a great July 4th. I have recently learned how to pick crabs. It’s hard work to get to that succulent meat, but it’s oh-so-worth-it when enjoying the sunny July weather with friends…even if I do end up stabbing myself on their shells...
by Ruth Martin | Dec 30, 2020 | Christine Shares
I would normally use this space and time to talk about Victorian Christmas traditions, or American ones, or even my own personal ones from the past. This year, though, has been unlike any other Christmas holiday ever, has it not? I’m sure that, like me, you are...
by Ruth Martin | Nov 19, 2020 | Christine Shares
Well, the weather is turning cool here in the Mid-Atlantic. Combined with the recent time change and a few trees hesitantly displaying bits of red and orange, I feel like fall is finally arriving, don’t you? Thoughts of autumn make me start thinking about our two big...
by Ruth Martin | Oct 21, 2020 | Christine Shares
An out-of-state friend of mine just posed a question to me: “What are you going to do with trick-or-treaters this year?” I was sort of baffled by how to respond. Everything is completely different this year, isn’t it? You can’t assume that it’s easy (or possible) to...