The best tours are tours of the arts. The Sketchbook Project and its various cross-country tours brought adventures in creativity followed by whimsical and wonderful connections. Some friends and I started SnoBoot SketchCats to create together and to share some of our favorite Sketchbook finds when the tours came to and near our ‘neck of…
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I’ve Got a Brand New Pair of Rollerskates
Well, alright, so they were brand new around 1905 or so. My character Miss Livingstone undoubtedly would have tried these if she could get her hands…or feet…on some. First thing I wondered is, ‘Where the heck are the brakes?” But I would have tried them too. Researching characters is such fun. You never know what…
Just Imagine What Time Travel Would Do
from the Mark Twain Facebook Page
Mt. Si – The Perfect Backdrop
Mt. Si is the perfect backdrop for a story. Its many moods and ever-changing beauty can be counted on to inspire the writer and readers. And if a reader happens to be in the area, it would be an amazing daytrip to visit Mt. Si and the other places in Snoqualmie Valley that appear in the Miss…
Yes, I Love Costumes & Mark Twain’s Wit and Wisdom
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.” -Mark Twain I apparently love any chance to dress up and express myself with costumes and dramatic clothing…much to my mother’s dismay. I grew up in the era when you only got to wear fairy wings on…
For the Record…
Yes, I have almost completed the manuscript for Miss Livingstone, Book II: Memory Key, and I did indeed win NaNoWriMo for my 9th year in a row, and my 10th time total. Hooray! and TGIO…lol. -Quinnleeeee
Fabulously Odd
OddMall in Everett did not disappoint. Once again there was an amazing and fun collection of artworks and other wonders and the people that went with them. And we even sold a few books! #OddMallPNW
In the Same Week-Way Back Wednesday
In the same week that Book I: Journey Key happens, the Boston Marathon was won by a Nova Scotian. Miss Livingstone was from Boston and had settled in the west, in the small but valued Washington town of Snoqualmie. It’s remarkable how the two coasts contrasted in infrastructure. It would have been difficult for her. And…
A Worthy Cause
What do you do with your book sales money? I’m a bit of a starving artist, but it’s because no matter how successful I become I live passionately. And part of that is giving money to good causes and to support other artists and people who give service in my community. Tonight I attended a…
San Francisco & Seattle Fires 1908 and 1889
For Way Back Wednesday this week, we take a look at the devastating fires of the early 20th century. The mostly wood structures in the American west were vulnerable to these horrific conflagrations. When writing fiction that’s seated in history, it’s key to search the big news of the time. It would defy credibility to…
Blasting Off – NaNoWriMo 2016
In about an hour I’m off to our region’s NaNoWriMo First Words…Stroke of Midnight Kick-off. I’m a co-ML (leader) for Snoqualmie Valley Region again this year, and I can hardly wait to dive in – or blast off – and start Book II of the Miss Liv Adventures! This will be my 10th manuscript…
My Favorite Moment
The moment when the first big batch of books arrives may be my favorite moment of being an author. It’s like opening that big package at Christmas and finding inside the thing you wished for with all your heart. At last I know the book is no longer only my own, but will be shared with…
Miss LiV Adventures ~A Journey Through Time...and Time Again 