Getting Excited!

"I'm essscited, are you?"  (quoted from my grandson, Carter)

I'm preparing to have a workshop and booth at the

Homeschoolers of Maine convention. (March 14-16)

But...I am mostly excited because Phoebe,

a character in my middle-grade historical novel,

will be making her debut.

I first wrote about Phoebe in a creative writing class

during my senior year in highschool (1976). Over the

years of raising my family, I continued writing the story

(mostly in my head) until my children were grown and

I had time to finish it.

Then after a few years of attending writing conferences

and getting lots of critiques and advice, it is time to

present Phoebe to the world.

The story began mostly from Phoebe's point of view,

but I realized that it is mostly a story of Maseppa,

a half-breed Indian woman who learns the healing qualities

of forgiveness and trust.

The book takes place in upper New York in the hills of the

Hudson Valley, where I lived as a child. It is full of educational

tidbits. (Of course, as a teacher, I had to put them in there.)

I am also developing a study guide to accompany it.

Be looking for "A Home for Phoebe" to come soon!