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Candace Simar Interview On Rendezvous With A Writer

Award-winning author CANDACE SIMAR joins hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell for an engaging conversation about her historical fiction novel SISTER LUMBERJACK. We follow a cast of unforgettable characters in a Minnesota logging camp during the winter of 1893. Obstacles abound. Will they survive the harsh

Sister Lumberjack by Candace Simar - Cover Art

Book Review of Sister Lumberjack by Charlie Johnson

SISTER LUMBERJACK By Candace Simar 488 Pages Published by North Star Press of St. Cloud, MN ISBN 168201150X SISTER LUMBERJACK by Candace Simar is one of those books that is unique in every sense of the word. Have you read

Pencil To Paper: Write Your Way Through Winter Workshop Series

Registration Now OPEN! Pencil to Paper 2024: Write Your Way Through Winter Just as musicians practice scales to improve their overall performance, so writers study the components of writing craft to create dynamic prose. Join this year’s Pencil to Paper

Sister Lumberjack, Finally!

Sister Lumberjack, finally! Sister Lumberjack, my soon-to-be-released historical novel, is set in a Minnesota Logging Camp in 1893 at the height of the white pine harvest. The book began as a fleeting thought while writing Abercrombie Trail (North Star Press

Candace Simar - Wadena Public Library Event in Wadena, MN Featured Image

Candace Simar To Appear At Morning with Minnesota Authors Event in Wadena, MN – Saturday, November 4th.

I’ll be talking about frontier housewifery, complete with old recipes and remedies. It will be fun! Hope you can come.

The Glory of Ordinary Times (Book Cover)

#Wolfpack Publishing #Frontier Fiction #Minnesota history #Blue Cottage Agency This note from a Minneapolis reader made my day: “I just finished your book of short stories, The Glory of Ordinary Time. Well done! Beautifully crafted. I was very impressed with