The past weeks since the outbreak of COVID-19 have been strange for me. I've written a WWI/Pandemic Flu of 1918 novel which isn't published yet. And I did extensive research on this particular … [Read more...]
New Cowboy Romance: On the Trail of Love
Getting Ready to Publish My New Cowboy Romance On the Trail of Love! Totally different from my historical novels and novellas, my first contemporary cowboy romance tells the story of a girl who … [Read more...]
Hearts of Gold, A Gilded Age Historical Romance Series
Thanks to my wonderful agent, Julie Gwinn, I'm pleased to announce that I've signed a contract with Vinspire Publishing for a trilogy of Gilded Age historical romances! Did you love Downton Abbey? … [Read more...]
Buffalo, City of Light and Beer
Ah, Buffalo, City of Light and beer! Flew into Buffalo last week to visit my sisters in our old hometown of Tonawanda. How wonderful to stand among the milling crowd in the airport and hear that … [Read more...]
My Polish-Italian Hometown Tonawanda, NY
Only after I grew up and moved away from my hometown of Tonawanda, NY, did I realize and appreciate the Polish and Italian ethnicity of our community. Now when I get a chance to return, I love to … [Read more...]
The Erie Canal Brides Collection
The Erie Canal Brides Collection I've been privileged to write three novellas for Barbour Publishing, and of these three my favorite is The Battlefield Bride, from The Courageous Brides … [Read more...]
New Historical Romance Covers!
I've just had new covers designed for my first two historical novels. I'be been involved this publishing thing since I wrote my first novel back in 2004. When we were still doing "snail mail" … [Read more...]
Surviving the Blizzard of ’77
I didn't know that surviving the blizzard of '77 loomed ahead of me when I hurried out of the house running late for work on Friday, January 29, 1977. I worked as a nurse for a professional … [Read more...]
The Irish Bride: A New Novella by Renee Yancy
Out this week, a new anthology of historical novellas in The Runaway Brides Collection. My novella, The Irish Bride, relates the story of Deanie Devane, who escapes the Irish potato famine after her … [Read more...]
Martians Land on Grand Island, NY!
“The lights on Main Street are going out one by one. I’m the last man left.” Those terrible final words from WKBW’s radio transmission of The War of the Worlds have stuck with me since I was … [Read more...]