In my sixties coming-of-age novel A Daffodil for Angie there's a “gossip bench” or “telephone chair” in the hallway. It was a piece of...

Doing research for a novel is a blast. You run across some intriguing information when you’re poking around. Like the history of the word...

I’m excited to announce that my first audiobook is now available on Amazon and iTunes. The narration of The Time Capsule is performed by...

I’m excited to have two inspiring abolitionists make cameo appearances in my next time travel novel. Both lived in Philadelphia where the...

The image is a romantic one. Women in fashionable full-length dresses boarding well-appointed trains for a scenic journey on the rails....

From his perch along the scenic coast of Oregon, William J. Cook has written some really fine novels and short stories. I recently...

How hard can it be? That’s what went through my mind when I first decided to record my own audiobooks. I have decades of radio news...

With my latest novel coming out in a matter of weeks, I expect to get questions about the timeliness of my new book. The backdrop for my...

The summer I was eight years old my family moved from North Carolina to the Japanese island of Okinawa where my Army dad was stationed....

If you traveled back in time to an American city in 1918, one of the first things you’d notice is hats. Lots and lots of hats. At any...

Imagine being arrested for wearing the wrong bathing suit. In 1918, the year my forthcoming novel takes place, that was a distinct...

Like a lot of people, I have concerns about a variety of issues. But because I’m a novelist, I get to weave the issues I’m worried about...

When I was a kid, my family lived in Japan and later, on the Japanese island of Okinawa where my Army dad was stationed. While living in...

This month I'm re-running one of my most popular blog posts. What if your grandfather never met your grandmother? That’s easy – you...

Multi-genre authors. What’s that, you say? Well, some authors write only one kind of novel, (mysteries, maybe,) but others write books...

My next time travel novel is set in Atlanta in 1918. America has entered WW1 and women are stepping into previously all-male jobs. It was...

Would you pay to watch Connie the Contortionist? If you were an average American in 1918, chances are the answer to that question would...

In early 1900s Atlanta, street traffic included trolleys, automobiles, horse-drawn wagons and lots and lots of pedestrians who crossed...

I played tennis when I was younger. So I find it fascinating as I do research for my next time travel novel what women wore in the past...

It’s always exciting when I begin doing research for a new novel. I have to find out information on the setting, the culture, the styles...