Accouncing My New Historical Novel - Della's Destiny

 After three years in the works, my new book is finally finished and will be up on Amazon.com next week. I am thrilled to have it finally finished and I hope everyone who reads it finds an enjoyable story. 

The year is 1904. The setting is Jerome, Arizona Territory. Della McCrea and her parents arrive in Jerome when the mines are producing copper ore worth millions and some of the roughest characters in the west.

Della is in for the ride of her life when she is orphaned. Gambling and prostitution are part of everyday life. Saloons, gambling dens and brothels thrived. Without funds she is going to have to figure out a way to earn enough for a train ticket home to Ohio. Only seventeen years old, her choices are few. 

As her troubles mount, the question becomes, can she escape Jerome without her character being sullied and to what length she will go to achieve that end?

 

 

Life After Covid

 It's been a year since I had Covid and was hospitalized. I had the nasty variety, but with the help of my sons, survived, obviously. Since then I developed a pinched nerve in my back. I did a round of physical therapy which didn't help much. So after many trips to various doctors, I had an implant wired into my spine. That helped, but I still have to take some sort of pain med if I want to sleep at night. But enough of that.

I've just finished writing my 4th book and am in the process of getting it ready for publication. It's not a mystery like my first 3. It's an historical novel titled Della McCrea. The setting is in Jerome, Arizona in 1904-5. Poor Della is orphaned in a rugged mining town and has to fend for herself and earn enough to buy a train ticket back home in Ohio. It was fun making her suffer. Does she succeed? I guess you'd have to read it to find out. 

Have a great week.  

Writing in 2022

 Now that the holidays are over, I can get back to being serious about finishing the historical novel I've been working on. There are only a chapter or two and the first draft will be done, then of course, I'll have to do some serious editing. Fortunately, my heroin doesn't age while I'm dragging my feet on the long journey.