Official Blog of Candace Simar
Writing Retreat at Annunciation Monastery, Bismarck, ND
Recently I visited Annunciation Monastery in Bismarck, North Dakota where I spent an entire week in personal writing retreat. Any writer will tell you how hard it is to find blocks of uninterrupted writing time. I am nearing completion
Western Writers of America Convention coming up soon
Gary Midge, a writer friend, encouraged me to join Western Writers of America a few years back. My historical novels set in early Minnesota are not typical westerns but WWA includes frontier with the western genre. Western Writers of America
Red River Ox Cart at the Grant County Museum in Elbow Lake, Minnesota
It’s difficult to imagine that simple wooden carts pulled by oxen could settle a territory but they did. The Red River ox carts brought goods from Canadian settlements and the northern plains down a long trail to pioneer St.
Lauraine Snelling at the Minot Hostfest
Reading Lauraine Snelling’s Red River of the North Series back in the 1990s gave me permission to celebrate my Scandinavian roots. I remember the euphoric feeling I experienced when I read about her characters’ immigration to America and their
1863 Murders at Fort Pomme de Terre after Sioux Uprising
This week marks the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the Fort Pomme de Terre murders. Union solders were stationed at the newly-built Fort Pomme de Terre, after the 1862 Sioux Uprising. Letters from homesick soldiers talked of the monotony of
Farming Seems Easy
“Farming seems easy when your plow is a pencil and you are a thousand miles from the corn field.” -Dwight Eisenhower I laughed today when I read this quote. I’ve done a lot of research about early farming practices and
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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