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Baseball in the Philippines
Baseball arrived in the Philippines with Commodore George Dewey in May 1898. After sinking the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay and taking over Cavite Naval Base, the Olympia‘s team, the Diamond Diggers,...
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Sugar Sun series location #12: Benguet Road
The opening scenes of Channel 4’s Indian Summers shows British families making the journey up the foothills of the Himalayas to Shimla, the Crown’s summer capital. There they will relax in the...
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Writing Della: A Peek inside Deaf Education in the Gilded Age
Writing is always a risk. People say to “write what you know,” which is safe advice to be sure, but fiction will inevitably push these boundaries. For me, the history is what I know, so the history is...
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Not That Kind of Spam
If you run a blog, you know that spam bots are constantly trying to post on your page. Here’s a hint: if they mention Viagra, Cialis, body part enlargement, breast milk (???), or any random...
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The Pulahan War, Part I
[This is the first in a series of three posts on the Pulahan War. Find links to parts two and three here.] If the Philippine-American War (1899-1902) gets little attention in history classrooms, the...
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The Pulahan War, Part II
[This is part two of a three-part series on the Pulahan War. Find the links for parts one or three here.] Fanatics are not easy to fight. An American officer of the period, Victor Hurley, wrote on page...
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The Pulahan War, Part III
[This is part three of a three-part series on the Pulahan War. Follow these links for parts one and two.] In 1905, General Allen of the Philippine Constabulary had to do the thing he hated most: he had...
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Sugar Moon revisions in NaNoWriMo
I blew up the middle of Sugar Moon, so now I am NaNoWriMo-ing it to get these new 50k words in. Want to check my progress?
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The Boys (and Girls) of Fall
I am so excited that Kristen Strassel asked me to help plug her new Real Werewolves of Alaska football-shifter romance series. What is not to like about this idea? But it may surprise you to know why...
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Living through the Big One, Looney Tunes Style
I set my historical romance characters in the midst of some trying times: revolution, colonial conquest, insurrection, epidemic, and more. As author extraordinaire Beverly Jenkins said at #RT17: “Even...
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Thanksgiving Over There in the Philippine-American War
I spent many Thanksgivings in the Philippines, and it was great. We had some fun parties, including one at our farm. The only drawbacks were that it was a normal workday for me, and I did not get to...
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Update on Sugar Moon (Book Four of the Sugar Sun series)
The very good news: the first draft of my major revision of Sugar Moon is done. (I basically cut out and rewrote the middle. Yikes!) More good news: The book is so much better, I promise. And there is...
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Christmas under the Sugar Sun
Click the image below for a peek into the world of the Sugar Sun series. Experience the daigon, or Christmas pageant, with Javier and Georgina of Under the Sugar Sun. The link will take you to...
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History Ever After: Sydney 2018
Love is global. One gift my writing has brought me is a connection with several awesome Australian reviewers, including Kat Mayo at Book Thingo and Dani St. Clair at Romancing the Social Sciences....
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Sugar Sun on Book+Main Bites
Do you want to taste test your books? The Book+Main folks heard you, and they created a site where you can even search by trope. For example, do you want more marriage of convenience? Me too. I love...
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Sugar Sun series glossary term #34: piña
Javier knows perfectly well that his piña fiber is uniquely delicate, transparent, well-ventilated, yet strong. This combination is why piña is the traditional choice for a man’s barong tagalog or a...
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Gilded Age Buckeyes
In preparation for the upcoming Cotton Bowl Classic, featuring Ohio State versus USC, I dug up some old Buckeye football photos. Just because they’re awesome. The 1890 football team, courtesy of...
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Christmas in Japan with the Hallocks
After the passing of our beloved dogs, Mr. Hallock and I decided that we needed to travel before we adopted any more animals. (Well, just one pooch at a time. That’s our limit, I swear. I’ll let you...
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Will Travel for Food
Mr. Hallock and I went to Japan for the food. I mean, yes, as mentioned before, Mr. H grew up in Kobe, so there was an emotional pull. But it was really all about the food. We eat a lot of Japanese...
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Naughty Hello Kitty
It is time for most of us to go back to work after the holiday, so here’s a little fun to start your new year right. As part two of my Hallocks in Japan series, I have a special treat for you: Hello...
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