Laura C. Rader's Newsies

  • Success

    photo: Madison’s Library https://madisonslibrary.com/2016/07/27/display-olympic-games/ We all know that there are many ways to measure success, and that both effort and luck are involved. When I began my journey with Hatfield 1677, I felt lucky to find so many primary sources for my research and successful to complete a decent first draft in about six months.…

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  • INTERVIEWS with the author, Laura C. Rader

    What was your hardest scene to write? The final confrontation between Benjamin and Ashpelon. I knew it was a pivotal scene and I struggled to get it right.

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  • Happy Mothers’ Day

    Motherhood is a major theme in my upcoming historical fiction novel, Hatfield 1677, to be officially released May 21, 2024. Martha Waite is only 28 years old and five months pregnant when she is abducted by an Algonquian band, along with her three little daughters: Mary, age 5; Mattie, age 4; and Sally, just two.…

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  • The Finish Line

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  • Overwhelmed

    I don’t use the word often: overwhelmed.  Apparently, neither do many of us. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (which is the only one I will use since reading the marvelous The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams) it occurs only once in every one million words. Also according to the OED, the adjective…

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  • Spring

    It’s the first day of Spring and it is definitely time for a newsletter! Spring is my absolute favorite season, especially here in my new home state of North Carolina. I never saw wild deciduous trees bloom in my native southern California. I had beautiful, flowering jacaranda, crepe myrtle, and Chinese orchid trees in my…

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  • Leap Year

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  • Merry Christmas-My Gift to You

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  • Happy Thanksgiving

    November Newsies Newsletter, and NaNoWriMo I spent most of this month trying to mentally compose a profound essay. I was not successful, and this newsletter will be newsie but not at all profound. Apparently, creativity is hampered by multi-tasking! First, NaNoWriMo. For those of you who aren’t writers, or who are writers but have decided…

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  • October 4, 1677

    On this date 356 years ago, Benjamin Waite, the protagonist of my upcoming novel, Hatfield 1677, was discussing strategy with Major John Pynchon of Springfield, Massachusetts. Ben is seeking Pynchon’s help in order to cut through a bureaucratic tangle of red tape and rescue his family. The sheer number of government figures Ben negotiated with…

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