Official Blog of Candace Simar
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 4/30/25 Wednesday NELL Life Long Learning Bagley, MN 9 am Saturday May 24, 2025 Fort Abercrombie Opening Day 10-3pm Friday May 30, 2025 Fittger’s Book Store Duluth MN 5 to 7 pm June 12-14 Vestlandslag Stevne Spicer
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
Candace Simar April Events
There’s still time to get in on “Sister Lumberjack” events for April! I look forward to being at Victor Lundeen Company Cherry Street Books LLC Beagle and Wolf Books & Bindery on #independentbookstoreday with Jeanne Cooney, Author Little Falls Public
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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