Official Blog of Candace Simar

Authors similar to Candace Simar: Who writes like me?
Who writes like me? What books in today’s market resemble mine? These questions are crucial to publishing and marketing these days, but leave me stymied. I know I want to write like Kristin Hannah or Anthony Doerr, but my frontier

Pencil to Paper 2023: Write Your Way Through Winter
Pencil to Paper: Write Your Way Through Winter! With award winning author Candace Simar We are excited to offer our third annual Pencil to Paper, a four week writing series. Give yourself the gift of writing with this casual, fun

Writing for the Truly Terrified
Writing for the Truly Terrified! Join us for a two hour fun and friendly writing workshop Thursday, April 28 from 10 to noon, CST/11-1 EST/8-10 a.m. PST. Instructor Candace Simar, Award Winning Writer REGISTER: CLICK HERE:Cost $40 Do you want

Mentor Monday and Other Fun Things
What could be better than sitting around a table with others who are also passionate about the writing craft? The mentor program started in October is a year-long program to study the basics of good writing. Once a month, five

Pencil to Paper: Write Your Way Through the Winter Doldrums 2022!
Pencil to Paper: Write Your Way Through the Winter Doldrums 2022! With award winning author Candace Simar. After a successful 2021 Pencil to Paper, we are excited to again offer an 8 week series to move you forward in your

My latest Short Stories and the Grasshopper Plague of Minnesota
Today I gave a zoom presentation for the Friends of the Brainerd Library about the two new anthologies in which I have stories. I read from GRASSHOPPERS FOR SUPPER in Why Cows Need Cowboys and mentioned the Grasshopper Chapel in

Whiskey Creek
The rivers around Fort Abercrombie are beautiful. Known as the “Gateway to the Dakotas,” Fort Abercrombie was built on the Red River of the North.

Grant County Museum in Elbow Lake, Minnesota
I love all museums, but I have a special place in my heart for the museum at Elbow Lake, Minnesota. Although Fort Pomme de Terre

Cold Spring Historical Society Museum
— I love small town museums. Often they inspire stories. I recently visited the Cold Spring Historical Society Museum. They have a wonderful antique quilt

The Grasshopper Chapel in Cold Spring, MN
One of the most dramatic aspects of the Rocky Mountain Locust Plagues of the 1870s was Governor Pillsbury’s call for a day of prayer on

Cold Spring Historical Society and Library Event
On March 8, 2023, I presented a program at Cold Spring, Minnesota, sponsored by the Cold Spring Library and Historical Society. My topic? The Rocky

Writer’s Retreat with Candace Simar
About a dozen writer friends and I spent a delightful three days at the Baymont Inn in Baxter, MN. We accomplished our objective of encouraging

Authors similar to Candace Simar: Who writes like me?
Who writes like me? What books in today’s market resemble mine? These questions are crucial to publishing and marketing these days, but leave me stymied.

Pencil to Paper 2023: Write Your Way Through Winter
Pencil to Paper: Write Your Way Through Winter! With award winning author Candace Simar We are excited to offer our third annual Pencil to Paper,

Writing for the Truly Terrified
Writing for the Truly Terrified! Join us for a two hour fun and friendly writing workshop Thursday, April 28 from 10 to noon, CST/11-1 EST/8-10

Mentor Monday and Other Fun Things
What could be better than sitting around a table with others who are also passionate about the writing craft? The mentor program started in October

Pencil to Paper: Write Your Way Through the Winter Doldrums 2022!
Pencil to Paper: Write Your Way Through the Winter Doldrums 2022! With award winning author Candace Simar. After a successful 2021 Pencil to Paper, we

My latest Short Stories and the Grasshopper Plague of Minnesota
Today I gave a zoom presentation for the Friends of the Brainerd Library about the two new anthologies in which I have stories. I read
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