Official Blog of Candace Simar

History Through Fiction Anthology
History Through Fiction Releases New Anthology 3/1/25 and my story, Those Bereaved, is included. Yay!

Lungers, Lawdogs, and Legends
I’m thrilled to announce that my short story, Julesburg Burning, is included in the anthology LUNGERS, LAWDOGS, AND LEGENDS released this week by Saddlebag Dispatches. If you’re looking for westerns set in Colorado, this book is for you.

Events
Events Upcoming Appearances 9/11/25 Rendezvous With a Writer Podcast Interview on LA Radio and You Tube about Montana Matrimonial News 9/20/25 Jackpine Writers Bloc Fall Conference Presenter 9/24-9/27 2025 Minot Hostfest 10/16/25 Brainerd Sons of Norway 7pm 10/18/25 LAWA Conference

Another Wonderful Week of Camp Candace
I just returned from the Spirituality Center at the College of Saint Benedict in Saint Joseph, MN. About a dozen writing friends and I rent the entire center, hire our favrotie writing professor, Sheila O’Connor, and have a wonderful week

Check out this interview by Awesome Book Reviews
Featured Author Candace Simar Featured Interview With Author Candace Simar Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now? Candace Simar likes to imagine how things might have been in frontier America. She combines

Reviews of Sister Lumberjack
Thank you, Kay and Jack Kraywinkle, for your review of Sister Lumberjack. You made my day. Both my wife and I recently read Candice Simar’s latest book, Sister Lumberjack, and we both enjoyed it immensely. It was a facinating read

Review of SISTER LUMBERJACK by Vickie Smith
Vickie Smith kindly agreed to let me repost her blog from my book Launch for Sister Lumberjack. She surprised me with a visit at last

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

Review of SISTER LUMBERJACK by Vickie Smith
Vickie Smith kindly agreed to let me repost her blog from my book Launch for Sister Lumberjack. She surprised me with a visit at last

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
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