Me: Hey, all! I’m here with my first interview with my female hero, Miss Hannah Gardner, of my historical young adult novel, Hannah’s Journey. Welcome, Hannah! How are you? Hannah: Hello, Carmen. I am quite well. *She smiles and crosses her ankles.* Thank you for asking. Me: How’s training coming along? Hannah: Between my Auntie…
Hannah’s focus in life is to race horses like her Aunt Spupaleena. The only problem is her folks disapprove. Her mother, determined to make a lady out of the young teen, and her father, aimed to keep her safe from the male jockeys, struggle to let her chase her dreams. Almost ready for marriage, Hannah is…
A name. I needed a name for my next book. Actually, I didn’t need 1 authentic name, I needed 12! After my first 2 young adult books that included one girl, Spupaleena, I got a harebrained idea to have her race horses like Native men have done for years during our Ferry County Fair––Indian Relay….
It’s a party and you’re invited! HANNAH’S JOURNEY is coming to stores and e-retailers October 1. Join Carmen on Tuesday, October 3rd at 5:00-7:00 (Pacific Standard Time) for a racin’ good time celebrating the book’s release. All you have to do is hop onto Facebook during those hours and post a few comments to enter the drawings! …
Two weeks left until Hannah’s Journey is released! October 1 and the Oct. 3 Facebook Launch Party! Salmon was the main staple for the Lakes people until 1942 when Grand Coulee Dam was built. The dam may have been a saving grace for non-natives, but for the tribes who depended on the fish for survival,…
Three weeks left until Hannah’s Journey is released! October 1….Save the date! Does fashion mystify you as much as it does me? Especially the mid-1800s. I love wearing shorts and sandals in the summer and jeans and sweatshirts in the winter. I’d love to live in the same era as Hannah and Spupaleena, but…only if…
Hannah’s Journey Book Launch is a month away! Planning is moving from a walk to a trot. A fast, long trot. And you are the first to get all sneak peaks! The next several posts will deal with food, Native culture, horses and more that appear in Hannah’s Journey. The Speckled Fish People Today the…
Happy Monday friends and readers! I’d like to introduce the Hannah’s Journey book cover to you. This is the second book of the Gardner Sibling Trilogy, a young adult story of one headstrong girl becoming a woman of character and vision. Hannah is Delbert’s older sister and was last seen in Heart of Passion as a five-year-old…
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