Shoulders of steel and a Chinese massage
Shoulders of Stone and a Chinese Massage
Shoulders of steel and a Chinese massage
History, Real Life, and Faith
Shoulders of steel and a Chinese massage
in US Navy· Writing Life
Even for a writer, Navy SEALS research means skullduggery
in Books· Life's challenges· US Navy
Military life can’t always been explained, but there are books that can help others understand. My husband spent the first twenty years of our marriage as a serving naval officer. He was a submariner and we had the good fortune (thank you, American taxpayers) to live in all four corners of the United States and Hawai’i. When he attended basic…
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in Life's challenges· Writing Life
Where do you get your story ideas? Are they based on real people and real events? In my latest book, Bridging Two Hearts, the answer, like always, is “sort of.” 1. From real people’s characters This is Ben. He’s in the Navy and his experience trying to become a SEAL prompted me to think about the difficulties of being a…
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The kindness of Navy SEALS is the first thing that surprised me. It’s tricky to get first-hand information about Navy SEALs, so I read everything about them I could find while writing my novel Bridging Two Hearts. I examined histories, novels and memoirs, as well as The Official United States Navy Seal Workout, revised edition. (I couldn’t do anything in…
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in Laughter· Traveler's Tales
Kindness and Navy Seals are not always words that go together in most people’s minds. But it did make a difference to my daughter. My daughter had the good fortune to spend her pre-school years living on the shores of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. She grew brown and healthy in the warm island sun, knew the sweetness of plumeria on…
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