Author Archives: sarahbay07

Moonlight Springs

There are many gripes about Millennial. We’re snowflakes, we can’t take criticism, with don’t work hard, we expect everything on a silver platter… I’ll refrain from the politics and economics of such statements, and I won’t reference the book “Ok, Boomer,” (a well thought out book solidly based on facts). No matter what others say,Continue reading “Moonlight Springs”

Elizabeth Robins

Drawing and editing are fun, but I am excited to be researching again. In a run of luck, I found THREE first hand accounts of the Alaskan Frontier. I randomly chose one to start reading. Allow me to introduce to you Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952): actress, playwright, and author. She booked passaged to Nome, Alaska inContinue reading “Elizabeth Robins”

Tangent: 4 Sentence Fairy Tale Challenge

Last week there was a lull while at work. No books or DVDs to shelve, a couple carts of books had been cleaned, almost no patrons. From across the room I saw a sign announcing a Fairy Tale writing challenge. Bored, and a challenge thrown down in front of me, I scooped up that gauntletContinue reading “Tangent: 4 Sentence Fairy Tale Challenge”

Memphis Belle: rough sketches

I’ve talked about Alaska and the 1920s for so long, do you even remember that I have other book projects to work on? The first book I woke was in March 2021. My family had gone to the National Museum of the U.S Air Force in Dayton, OH to see Memphis Belle. Our oldest daughterContinue reading “Memphis Belle: rough sketches”

Mother, Mommy, Mom: mini linguistic peek

From the day I first started writing my Alaskan novel, I knew I wanted to make it historically accurate. It’s about a historic flight, set in 1920, so I needed to capture the period as best I could. You’ve heard a lot about that with posts on wood stoves, racism in Alaska, clothing, schools, andContinue reading “Mother, Mommy, Mom: mini linguistic peek”

Editing: slow, steady, and not glamorous

In my last post, I was proud to announce that I reached the end of my book. I knew back then that editing would be the next step, no surprise, so I leaped in: and I feel like I’m still falling. I re-write a sentence, then re-write the whole paragraph, then go back two chaptersContinue reading “Editing: slow, steady, and not glamorous”

Words that Echo

At the beginning of today’s writing session I was continuing to read “Blond Indian” by Ernestine Hayes. It’s not very helpful for my 1920s setting, but it’s giving me much better insight to the living conditions of Native Alaskans. “Blond Indian” is literature with a capital L. It’s too heavy and abstract to be leisureContinue reading “Words that Echo”

Wrestling with History

I’ve had an on-going internal dialog on how to portray the women in my book, so I started writing it out. It’s a technique I tried to get my 1st and 2nd year students to use a few times because it’s a great way to figure out the problem. I encouraged them to write itContinue reading “Wrestling with History”