One of my guilty pleasures lately has been Downton Abbey. I enjoy the characters, the setting, and the story. An element that strikes me is how the world of Downton changed with the onset of World War I. What was disrupted the most? The lifestyles of every character. There is
Well, I’ve officially joined the Twitterverse! (thanks to @Karenof4) My twitter account is @muirwoodwheeler. I’ll be using the hashtag #muirwoodtrilogy for my tweets, so follow along and we’ll see what happens. Recently I learned that the band SHeDAISY were fans of Muirwood and even posted a blog inspired by the
The first posting on this blog for ‘The Wretched of Muirwood’ was made almost 6 years ago. Amazing how time flies: Read Original Post Here As of this posting, over 30,000 people have it on their Kindles or have purchased a copy of the print version. I just wanted to
My life took an interesting turn the last few weeks. By the end of December, I had a few hundred readers enjoying Muirwood and my other books. As of this writing, the number is about 12,000. More people have started on Muirwood in the last week than all of last
When I was in college at San Jose State, I took Latin classes from Marianina Olcott. That is where I learned about the Roman concept of Virtus (pronounced “where-tuus”). It was a trait that the Romans respected, but it did not mean just virtue. It included other qualities too: prudentia
While we were celebrating out of town this weekend in Nevada City, we were window shopping on Broad Street and came across something that made me stop and stare. I had to buy it and told the proprietor of the store about “The Wishing Lantern” and she said she couldn’t
We had a great Thanksgiving yesterday. Layered bacon on the turkey on the grill this year and it turned out fabulous – probably the best yet. Great time with family and lots of Phineas and Ferb. Somehow that show gets even funnier the later the hour. Go figure. Just a
I saw this article on the internet showing how the e-book industry, led by self-published authors like myself, have really begun to shift the sands of the traditional bestseller lists. When I look at the monthly sales of e-books, it makes my jaw drop. Some of the names I have
I’ve recently created some book trailers for the Muirwood series and posted them on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjWK_CyP_TQ (book trailer: no faces – some readers want to use their own imagination for what characters looks like) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwWoSANkgcs (book trailer: with faces – for the readers who want to know how I envision them)
My home office smells like Muirwood apples right now. One of the great things about living in California is all of the orchards nearby. and a few weeks ago we got a huge box of pears, which the kids promptly devoured. Last week it was Fuji apples which we’ve also
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