As a lifelong learner, my curiosity has been an asset as I developed the Beck Family Saga. Each book has required research into topics that weren’t usually on my radar. Rosie the Riveter is familiar to many people. (She’s even got her own national park in Richmond, California:  (https://www.nps.gov/rori/index.htm). The … Read More

Living in Montana has made me aware of the impact of the land and climate on the way we go about our everyday lives. Passes in and out of the state may clog with snow, leaving grocery supplies on the other side of the mountains. Once spring/summer hits, it’s hard … Read More

Monday I began book 6 of the Rocky Mountain Front series. So far there is no title. Maybe I should run a contest … hmmm. Anyway, my inspiration for the opening was an agile woman I saw climbing what to me looked like the sheer face of a cliff. I … Read More

While I wish I could plan for world peace, an end to hunger, and constructive plans for the many other things that need doing, all I can do is write a book. Hopefully, it is one you will love which will also satisfy you. What’s Ahead Because I spent decades … Read More

Coming Home, the fourth book in the Rocky Mountain Front series, was released on Monday. It tells the story of two people who need to come home in two different ways. As one reviewer eloquently put it: “Jen and Cameron have both left something behind in the deserts of another … Read More

If you are learning about my work for the first time, welcome! I know it can be hard to trust a new author, so I’m going to be providing a few excerpts from Home Is Where the Heart Is. In this one, photojournalist CJ Beck has just seen her new … Read More

I am so pleased with the initial reaction to Leaving Home, book 3 in the Rocky Mountain Front series. This is Dylan’s and Megan’s story, but I’ll let some of the reviewers tell you more … “Megan finds herself starting over, leaving North Carolina, she lands in Montana where the … Read More

As many of you know, I do substitute teaching. I have to admit that I get a tad frustrated by kids who don’t want to learn. The first grade teachers tried to address this by showing the movie, On the Way to School, which is about four students trying to … Read More

If you have read Home Is Where the Heart Is, you know that Freezeout Lake provides a key scene in the book. DH and I had the opportunity to visit lately (he’d never been). Although most of the birds are there in spring and fall, we saw lots of different … Read More

On the Rocky Mountain Front, about two hours south of the Canadian border, lies the small town of Choteau, Montana, population 1,691. The county seat, the town is most famous for dinosaurs and David Letterman. Like a lot of small towns, it has a mixture of old businesses, some of … Read More