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Italy: pre-flight reflection

This past month I have been fully distracted by my trip to Naples, Italy. With all things Italian on my mind, it has been very hard to focus on Nome, Alaska. And even though I tried my best to continue my Alaskan novel while abroad, it was impossible for me to focus while being immersedContinue reading “Italy: pre-flight reflection”

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”