A Life in the Day of Annette Irby
Sandra Ardoin @SandraArdoin We all have our favorite spots for relaxation. Author Annette Irby turned one of her favorites into the setting for her romantic novel and brings it to life for the reader. Today, she shares how that setting…
Historical Flavor: The Salvation Army
Sandra Ardoin @Sandra Ardoin When I was writing A Reluctant Melody, I wanted my hero, Kit Barnes, to have founded an organization designed to help those who suffered from alcohol abuse. While researching ways he might have done that in…
Historical Flavor: Battle of Kings Mountain
Sandra Ardoin @SandraArdoin It was 1780 and things weren’t looking good for the patriot side in the war for our American independence, especially in the south. However, things were about to turn around, mainly through the poor choices of the British and the…
Historical Flavor: “One ringy dingy…”
Sandra Ardoin @SandraArdoin If, like me, you still remember talking on a Princess phone, you also remember those words in the title and the accompanying snort from Lily Tomlin’s telephone operator character Ernestine on Laugh-In. In case you don’t remember,…