Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} I believe that historical fiction should educate as well as entertain.  From my teens and into adulthood I read historical fiction, hoping the backgrounds and historic events were accurate.  I still carry the stories around in my head.  Having been reared on a ranch close to nature, I delighted in writing about the peasant culture in Brittany in the 17th century with its myths and superstitions, having done in-depth research.  My second novel is about a woman who uses her love of nature and her life in the country for strength. My legal training has helped me, I hope, to write logically and convey the thread of the story from its beginning to its end without confusion, but also to hold the jury's – I mean reader’s -- attention.