The Haymakers by Steven Hoffbeck
A friend steered me toward The Haymakers by Steven Hoffbeck. It’s rare for a book to affect me as it has. I found myself crying in every chapter! Of course, growing up on a Minnesota farm, as Hoffbeck so beautiful depicts, means I share many common memories. His memoir ties five generations with the never-ending […]
Country School Renuion
Last weekend I enjoyed a wonderful reunion of our rural school in Otter Tail County. This photo shows the 17 students of our final year before consolidation, yest that’s 17 students grades 1-6. There were 5 in my class but my sister was the only first grader that year. Thanks to all the locals who […]
E Books Avalable through Wolfpack Publishing
The Abercrombie Trail Series hasn’t been available in e-books for about the last year. Don’t ask–it’s sufficient to say that publishing contracts are most complicated! The good news is that Wolfpack Publishing recently picked up the ebook rights and is publishing the entire series. I love the new cover! A big thank you to […]
Western Writers of America Convention 2014
I had a great time reconnecting with old friends and making new ones at this year’s Western Writers of America Convention in Sacramento. The historical tours and lectures were great. I learned about Chinese immigrants in the 19th century, panning for gold at Sutter’s Creek, the history of the Modoc Indians, plus lots of […]
Northeast MN Book Award Event
No, Farm Girls didn’t win the Northeastern MN Book Award, but it was still a lot of fun to be nominated, and it’s always fun to do events with my sister, Angela Foster. The beautiful event was held at the University of MN Duluth Library. Cathy Wurzer from MPR was the speaker. Congratulations to […]
Pass-the-Baton Blog
Recently I was invited to participate in a blogging tour. The idea was to bring information about writers to new readers through individual blogs. My sister blogged about me, and I asked Nancy Plain, a friend from Western Writers of America to answer questions about her work and writing. Thanks, Nancy for being a good […]
Release of Large Print Blooming Prairie
Five Star Cengage does a great job with cover art. Wouldn’t you agree? BLOOMING PRAIRIE, Spur Award finalist and fourth book in the ABERCROMBIE TRAIL SERIES, is coming out soon in large print/hard cover. A big thank you to Five Star for picking up the large print rights to my historical novels. Please help spread […]
Judging the 2014 Spur Award for Juvenile Fiction
What a privilege to be invited by the Western Writers of America to be part of the judging panel for the 2014 Spur Award in Juvenile Fiction. I’ll admit that reading the huge stack of this year’s submissions was a little daunting. The books started arriving early in the fall and kept coming until the […]
Historical Research at the Gale Family Library~Guest post by Blue Cottage Agency
Where it all happens…. Let me introduce myself, I am Krista Rolfzen Soukup, Candace Simar’s publicist and agent. I have promoted and represented Candace and her writing since 2009 and love every minute of it. Her book, Abercrombie Trail, was the book that inspired me to create Blue Cottage Agency. As much as I enjoy the Abercrombie Trail series and historical fiction, I really have no […]
Birdie!
It’s Happening! Don’t you love this new cover for BIRDIE? Five Star/Cengage recently purchased the large print/hard cover rights for The Abercrombie Trail Series. ABERCROMBIE TRAIL was released in large print in October, POMME DE TERRE comes out any day and I just received this cover image for BIRDIE. BLOOMING PRAIRIE will be out by […]