Official Blog of Candace Simar
Women’s Christmas Tea
Last week I gave a presentation for a Women’s Christmas Tea at Light of the Cross Lutheran Church in Garrison, MN. Several churches join together every year to raise money for the local food shelf. It’s a dress up
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
You Never Know Who You’ll Meet at the Minot Hostfest
You just never know who might walk by at the Minot Hostfest. It mimght be a seven foot troll, a Viking warrior or Norwegians wearing their traditional bunads. This largest of US Scandinavian festivals starts next Tuesday night and lasts
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
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
Roots and Relatives
A Facebook connection brought a distant relative into my life. I’m still not sure but I think this Wisconsin woman is the granddaughter of my grandfather’s half brother. She graciously shares this photo of the original Sonmor farm near
Escape to Fort Abercrombie Releases in German and English
How amazing to see ESCAPE TO FORT ABERCROMBIE translated into German and English. THANK YOU EK-2 Publishing for supporting my work. Seeing this is a
Beta Readers at Work
I finished my upcoming book, Montana Matrimonial News. North Star Press of Saint Cloud Minnesota will release it fall of 2025. I’m encouraged by the
New Opportunites With EK-2 Publishing
Escape to Fort Abercrombie has been out of print since its publisher, Five Star Cengage, went out of business in 2022. Happily, it has been picked
The Irish Girl by Ashley Sweeney
My publicist Krista Soukup of Blue Cottage Agency recently asked me to read and review The Irish Girl by Ashley Sweeney, another Blue Cottage Agency
Sister Lumberjack Reviews
It’s wonderful to receive feedback from readers. Last night a reader from North Dakota sent me the following: “I finished Sister Lumberjack
History Through Fiction Anthology
History Through Fiction Releases New Anthology 3/1/25 and my story, Those Bereaved, is included. Yay!
Escape to Fort Abercrombie Releases in German and English
How amazing to see ESCAPE TO FORT ABERCROMBIE translated into German and English. THANK YOU EK-2 Publishing for supporting my work. Seeing this is a
Beta Readers at Work
I finished my upcoming book, Montana Matrimonial News. North Star Press of Saint Cloud Minnesota will release it fall of 2025. I’m encouraged by the
New Opportunites With EK-2 Publishing
Escape to Fort Abercrombie has been out of print since its publisher, Five Star Cengage, went out of business in 2022. Happily, it has been picked
The Irish Girl by Ashley Sweeney
My publicist Krista Soukup of Blue Cottage Agency recently asked me to read and review The Irish Girl by Ashley Sweeney, another Blue Cottage Agency
Sister Lumberjack Reviews
It’s wonderful to receive feedback from readers. Last night a reader from North Dakota sent me the following: “I finished Sister Lumberjack
History Through Fiction Anthology
History Through Fiction Releases New Anthology 3/1/25 and my story, Those Bereaved, is included. Yay!
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