by Nancy Herkness | Apr 22, 2013 | Uncategorized, West Virginia
I think my home state has a darned good idea with this! I enjoy science fiction myself (old style Trekkie here!) and think it can be very mind-expanding. Go, mountaineers! A bill calling for science fiction to be made compulsory reading in schools has been proposed...
by Nancy Herkness | Apr 16, 2013 | Adventures, Home, Take Me Home, travel, Uncategorized, West Virginia
I was visiting my folks in my hometown of Lewisburg, West Virginia, when–serendipity!–I discovered they were holding the Seventh Annual Chocolate Festival. Since I am an unrepentant chocoholic, I insisted my husband accompany me to check it out. There was...
by Nancy Herkness | Mar 19, 2013 | Books, Romance, RWA, Uncategorized, writing
Maybe I should explain what a writing challenge IS first. The most famous one I know of is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) where participants attempt to write 50,000 words in the month of November. I find this virtually impossible on two counts: 1) November...
by Nancy Herkness | Feb 13, 2013 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
This was the question everyone asked when my Handsome Husband and I found ourselves with a dog-sitter, an open weekend, and cancelled travel plans. We decided to go to Philadelphia and no one could figure out why. Herewith are all the good reasons. First, I got a...
by Nancy Herkness | Feb 5, 2013 | Books, Home, Take Me Home, Uncategorized, West Virginia
Yup, my book is representing my home state of West Virginia (Go, Mountaineers!) on Amazon’s map of 50 Great American Love Stories. I am so honored to be chosen for the job and a little overawed by some of my fellow authors on the map: me and Margaret Mitchell...