Each of them is given a dark robe to wear. A bulky chrysalis. Or a magician’s cape, behind which they are already changing.The two sit down together. She remembers sleepovers at his house, and how later she could have talked to him on the phone all night.Now he shouts too-loud jokes to friends, as if…
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I Found You
by Christina Holbrook Meg’s phone jangled to life and she turned from her office window with its view of the snow-covered village. “Hello? My name is Jade. I’m looking for . . . Megan Evans?” “This is Meg.” The young caller hesitated. “Oh, um . . . Meg? I’m wondering . ….
New Hampshire Here I Come!
I am deeply honored to be one of three writers selected by teachers, librarians and readers from the State of New Hampshire as a finalist in the FICTION category of the 2023 New Hampshire Literary Award. The White Mountains of New Hampshire are dear to my heart, the home of my imagination. My grandparents first…
“A very meaningful thing to me”
My local paper here in Colorado contacted me about an interview. I tried to make some interesting points about the long journey of writing my first novel, All the Flowers of the Mountain, and releasing my latest short story collection, Table for One. I tried not to ramble on too much. I attempted to remain…
Table for One ~ Stories
My new collection of short stories, TABLE FOR ONE, was released this week by Sunroom Studios. In the spring of 2022, with a dear group of friends, I scrambled to get ALL THE FLOWERS OF THE MOUNTAIN out into the world after receiving a diagnosis of a serious illness. I am so grateful to everyone…
A Pancake Parlor, A Decorative Plate and Connections that Matter
One of the key locations in my novel, All the Flowers of the Mountain, is the beloved restaurant in Sugar Hill, NH, Polly’s Pancake Parlor. Not long ago, Kathie, the owner of Polly’s, sent me a photo of this decorative plate which was among her mother Nancy’s treasured belongings. The image on this plate is…
All the Flowers of the Mountain wins 2023 Colorado Book Award
On Saturday, June 10, my husband and I attended the gala award ceremony in Colorado Springs for the 32nd Annual Colorado Book Awards. Joining us for moral support were my publisher Karen Wyatt of Sunroom Studios with her husband Larry and my friend and fellow writer Leigh Girvin with her partner Carl. As the finalists…
All the Flowers of the Mountain wins an IPPY Award!
The Independent Publisher Book Award is the longest running competition in the country for books published by independent presses. The competition attracts thousands of entries each year. I am humbled and incredibly excited that my debut novel is a bronze medalist for this year’s award, in the Romance Category! You can ask for a copy…
Mother’s Day
Where I live in Colorado, many of us live far from our parents. We’ve come here for work and adventure, for love, to raise a family – often leaving parents and grandparents behind in another state. And as much as we move forward every day, confident that we are the authors of our own…
Comings and Goings
The daisies and yarrow stand in tall brittle bunches in the garden, their cheery summer yellows and whites faded to soft gold and ivory. A few determined petunias still bloom in the flower boxes, purple trumpets on thin leggy stems, covered with a dusting of snow. I keep reminding myself to go out and pick…
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