Hinckley Ribfest!

The first week of September brought us to Hinckley, MN for their annual Ribfest.  It's a nice event and we had another beautiful day for it.  As you may know, our novel TIMBER; Fire in the Pines, takes place in a fictional town near Hinckley.  The story culminates with the fire.  We shared a space with three other authors and had a wonderful time talking with them and while trying to kill the bees that were buzzing around our tent!

Karlajean Jirik Becvar, who is also a teacher has written two young adult books in her Firestorm Chronicles series.  Book one is titled "The Seeing Stone" and book two is "The Secrets of the Stone."  They're about a young girl who goes back in time to the Great Hinckley Fire.  I have them both on my reading list!  I gave them to my granddaughter who is now eleven to read first.

Jeanette Lukowski wrote "Heart Scars: A Memoir of Parenting a Teen Runaway."  It's a poignant story about her daughter and how her life changed after she met a man on the Internet.   Tough, but important stuff.

Lastly, lest you be thinking it was just the girls....

Authors from left to right: Karlajean, Sandy, Dale and Jeanette

D.A. (Dale) Swanson joined our group with a historical novel called "The Thirty-Ninth Man:  A Novel of the 1862 Uprising."  He's got a lot of knowledge to share on the subject of this Native American tragedy from our past which is fascinating to learn about.  I'm looking forward to reading this one too!

Looking ahead to more road trips, meeting new friends and adventures with TIMBER.  If you read it, like us on Facebook and write a review on Goodreads or another book lover site for us.  Thank you!