Hi all, I hope this finds you well. I’ve been enjoying cool, but sunny weather after our death heat wave here in the Pacific NW a few weeks ago. It’s so unusual for us. I worried the most about my pets, the Intern (Kinky Boots) and Biggie, my grand puppy. We stuck to one room with fans blasting away. For the past few days, I’ve been able to get out to the bay where the islands always invite. How are you doing?
I blame COVID brain, but it’s been hard sitting down this past year to write a post. In addition to worries about running around trying to get a vaccine, worried that your sons can’t one, etc., all the good news that has been happening just seemed to get lost. And there has been good news. So I guess it’s time I get back into the saddle.
First, The Quisling Factor has been out for a year now and in its own way, has been making its way into the hands of readers around the country. It was selected in January as the the International Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guys Book Club as its December International Read. https://www.thepulpwoodqueens.com/book-club-selections/
The Quisling Factor was also chosen as one of six books read by the Reading Circle Book Club of the Sons of Norway DC Lodge for 2021. I’m thrilled that it was chosen as the Grand Prize winner for CIBA2020 Hemingway Award.
I’m very pleased with the review from the Historical Novel Society I got for the novel, the reviewers calling it “the best wartime thriller I have read in a while! Recommended to readers of Robert Harris, David Gilman and Rory Clements.” https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-quisling-factor/
The second thing going during COVID Times (and recovery) is that I have been doing a lot of talks on Zoom about Norway in WWII. One of them was talking about historical fiction and I what I leave in or take out in writing about historical fiction. This was in response to a discussion about the facts and fiction in the PBS series Atlantic Crossing. Now, I’m getting ready for my biggest talk ever on WW2TV about the Tragedy at Telavåg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAf17KH3XXI It’s a huge honor to be on this program which is out of France/UK. It’s tomorrow so I hope that you can tune in. (It will be recorded if you miss it)
So that’s it.
What’s in Mrs. Hale Receipts for the Million 1857
582. Rosewater – When the roses are in full bloom pick the leaves carefully off, and to every quart of water put a peck of them; put them in a cold still over a slow fire, and distill gradually/ then bottle the water and let it stand in the bottle three days, and then cork it close.