On the Road in the 21st Century

The best road trips aren't planned, they just happen. Jack Kerouac's On the Road seems to just happen; he writes in an episodic, stream-of-consciousness burst of life. Kerouac is a [...]

By |2022-10-20T10:04:03-07:00October 20th, 2022|book recommendations, books, coming-of-age fiction, fictional memoir, on the road|Comments Off on On the Road in the 21st Century

Best Bios about 18th & 19th century crossdressers

As the author of the historical novel Star-Crossed, a title that plays on the practice of cross-dressing, I was asked by Ben Fox, founder of Shepherd.com to share my five [...]

By |2022-04-25T10:26:11-07:00April 25th, 2022|book recommendations, books, coming-of-age fiction, historical fiction, Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series, research, what inspires me|Comments Off on Best Bios about 18th & 19th century crossdressers

Books that guided and inspired Patricia MacPherson

Thanks to Lisa Goodwin, the Women who Sail New England and the Between the Lines Book Club for inviting me to your discussion of The Surgeon's Mate!  As promised, here [...]

By |2022-03-12T20:40:10-07:00March 12th, 2022|author readings and other events, books, nautical history, Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series, research, what inspires me|Comments Off on Books that guided and inspired Patricia MacPherson

Women Who Sail New England

This evening I've been invited to join Lisa Goodwin and Women Who Sail New England who will be discussing Surgeon's Mate; the second novel in Patricia MacPherson's Nautical Adventures. Looking [...]

Kimberley Reeman’s Dark Wisdom

Spouses and lovers are more than muses. Sometimes they function as silent partners in the creation, freely allowing their mate the needed time and space to work. As silent partners [...]

Women Aboard!

Women have always been aboard ship. As passengers, girlfriends, and wives. As sailors, surgeons, nurses, helmsmen, and shipmasters. Women aboard — I got caught up in the history back in [...]

Charleston — an inspiration for Keogh’s historical fiction

How We Write: The importance of place and time in storytelling Sometimes I think I could live on the road.  For me, travel is inspiring, invigorating, instructive, and necessary.  Particular [...]

By |2018-05-28T14:10:17-07:00May 25th, 2018|books, historical fiction, history, How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, writing and publishing|Comments Off on Charleston — an inspiration for Keogh’s historical fiction
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