by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Feb 17, 2025 | Barb's Book Reviews
AMERICAN DAUGHTERS by Piper Huguley. Portia Washington and Alice Roosevelt couldn’t be two more different people, and yet they had much more in common than people realize. It makes sense that they would become friends in real life. While their friendship is...
by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Feb 12, 2025 | Family History Project
Source: Connecticutghosthunter.com In researching my family history, I was greatly relieved to discover a small typographical error in the family tree. Somewhere along the line, someone changed Frances R. Gould to Francis Gould. Why was I relieved? Because Francis...
by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Feb 10, 2025 | Blog Thoughts, For Writers
Dear Writer: A word of advice from someone who has been riding the writing roller coaster for thirty years. Life, at its simplest, is a series of time blocks. One second, one minute, one hour, one day. Thousands of finite segments with beginnings and ends, which means...
by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Feb 7, 2025 | Barb's Book Reviews, Blog Thoughts
You may – or may not – have noticed I didn’t post anything the last two days. I was neckdeep in my WIP and time got away from me. Last night at around 3AM, when I was pinned down under the covers by ALL THE CATS IN THE HOUSE, I came to two...
by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Feb 4, 2025 | Blog Thoughts, For Writers
I realized this morning that, when it comes to this whole DIYMFA project, I need a more definable goal. Originally, I said I wanted to take my writing to the next level. But what does that mean, and how do I know when I’ve achieved it? Here’s what I do...