
Tending the Hearth is a public notebook on early America, historical research, and the making of deeply researched historical fiction.
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What can one day in an 18th century diary reveal?
While also subscribers receive a preview of this post, the meat of this content is intended for members of The Keeping Room, my paid tier of Substack, where I show how my research is shapin...
I love reading and examining primary sources. I also find it challenging much of the time. Have you ever tried to read 17th or 18th-century handwriting? It’s hard.
Sometimes the difficulty is in the content itself—encountering suffering, c...
Some questions to consider as you sink into our autumn historical fiction novel
Dear fellow readers,
I love cookbooks. Not actually cooking from them, mind you, although that can be fun too, but perusing and flipping through them, coffee cup in hand, and getting lost in another place (and sometimes, another time).
My first cookbook was Fe...
Timeline structure, recent research, and a glimpse at my main characters
Draft Diaries is a series available to members of The Keeping Room to share updates about the novel I’m working on including inspiration for scenes, what I’m currentl...
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Writer & independent researcher. My work explores beauty, history, seasonality, and the life of study—seeking to make the past, and the deeper rhythms it holds, feel vivid, meaningful, and alive in the present.
The Still Room is a gathering place for seasons and the stories they hold. A home for reflections on work, rest, wonder, and the unseen formation of a life well lived.
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