Tag: California history

  • Final Chapter Written!
    Tuesday, November 5th, 2019     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    A rejection often has nothing to do with our plot, characters, or story structure. It’s a lack of fresh writing.

  • Yosemite Discovered – Sneak Peak
    Saturday, January 6th, 2018     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    My New Year’s goal is to complete my current work in progress, Yosemite Discovered, and find an agent to market it. What is it about? Here’s a sneak preview When miners and Indians clash in the goldfields, more is discovered than just Yosemite Valley. I recently created an audio file of what I’ve written to date …[ read more ]

  • New WIP – All That Glitters – With STEAM
    Thursday, October 27th, 2016     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    I’m excited to move forward with my new middle grade historical fiction work in progress, tentatively titled, All That Glitters. Yesterday I visited Oak Hill Memorial Cemetery, the final resting place for several people from the Donner party, including Virginia Reed, who was thirteen when she came West with her mother, stepfather, and siblings. In my middle …[ read more ]