Western Writers of America 2013 Convention at Las Vegas
What fun to attend the 2013 Western Writers of America convention with my publicist, Krista Soukup. We’ve met great writers and discussed books, writing and marketing to our hearts’ content. Yesterday 70 authors participated in a mass book signing event at a Barnes & Noble in Henderson, NV. What fun to see […]
The Greatest Generation
Candace Simar Reads Greatest Generation Our veterans deserve the best. During my nursing career I cared for veterans from all of America’s 20th century wars. I even knew one patient who served in the Spanish American War as a young teen who lied about his age. I was pleased when KAXE Radio out of […]
Writing Retreat at Annunciation Monastery, Bismarck, ND
Recently I visited Annunciation Monastery in Bismarck, North Dakota where I spent an entire week in personal writing retreat. Any writer will tell you how hard it is to find blocks of uninterrupted writing time. I am nearing completion of a book of linked short stories and desperately needed time and space to work […]
Western Writers of America Convention coming up soon
Gary Midge, a writer friend, encouraged me to join Western Writers of America a few years back. My historical novels set in early Minnesota are not typical westerns but WWA includes frontier with the western genre. Western Writers of America has been a good fit for me. I attended the 2011 WWA convention in Bismarck […]