A great way to end 2016

It's the last day of 2016 and so naturally a time to reflect on the year that has been. 2016 was a year of ups and downs, both personally and nationally. But I'll stick here with the personal. (We've all had enough of the national political scene, I'm sure.) 2016 started with the frenzy of promoting my books Constance Fenimore Woolson: Portrait of a…

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The Bluestocking Bulletin and Next Book

I feel bad that I haven't been blogging as much this year. I've been putting my energies into writing my next book, The Story of Little Women, and keeping in touch with readers via my newsletter, "The Bluestocking Bulletin." I'm happy to say that I am in the final stretch of the rough draft of the manuscript (there will still be lots of revision to come)…

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