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Thanks to Lori Scott for interviewing me during the book launch party in early November for California Trail Discovered. Also, thanks to all who joined in on the fun. As Lori announced, California Trail Discovered earned the #1 slot in Amazon’s “Hot New Releases” in the category of Children’s 1800’s American Historical Fiction the week …[ read more ]

We have another free book winner of California Trail Discovered. Sharon U. correctly answered the question posted in Installment #8 at www.Facebook.com/AuthorMarieSontag. There still remains one more question within the folds of the Facebook Installations of my Pics and Clips of the Oregon Trail. You still have a free chance to win a book before my …[ read more ]

Why read historical fiction?

Check out Installment #5 of “Pics and Clips from the Oregon Trail.” It’s part of my virtual tour from our recent trek across the Oregon Trail. The virtual tour highlights locations where characters in my upcoming historical fiction book, California Trail Discovered, stopped. If you are first to correctly answer a question from the above …[ read more ]

Congratulations to the three book winners from my August blog post on Gail Kittleson’s website. I used a random drawing app to pick the winners. It would have been fun to somehow do the drawing live and record it to display here, because you get to watch the wheel spin as it makes sound effects. …[ read more ]