My next time travel novel is set in Atlanta in 1918. America has entered WW1 and women are stepping into previously all-male jobs. It was a time of growing freedom for women who would finally get the right to vote the following year. Here’s a (fictional) account of what it was like by a young woman working as an elevator operator in 1918. "My name is Cassie Owens. Not to brag or anything, but I’ve been on the job as elevator operator for two weeks. I wear a blue uniform with

In early 1900s Atlanta, street traffic included trolleys, automobiles, horse-drawn wagons and lots and lots of pedestrians who crossed the street wherever and whenever they pleased. While we may have faster traffic now, (unless there’s gridlock,) the streets of Atlanta and other cities were a heckuva a lot more chaotic back then. The amazing video above was shot in San Francisco a year before the great earthquake of 1906. It gives you a feel for how wild it could be. Interest

It’s always exciting when I begin doing research for a new novel. I have to find out information on the setting, the culture, the styles – all kinds of things. And that, in and of itself, is a fascinating journey. My next novel will be another time travel story, partly set in the present day, and partly set in the year 1918. That year was hugely important in American history because that’s when American soldiers began shipping off to fight in World War One. At the time, it wa

I’m thrilled to announce publication of my second Time Travel novel, “The Going Back Portal.” This one features a producer for a TV investigative news team who travels back to 1840. There, along the banks of the Broad River in rural Georgia, she interacts with a young Cherokee Indian woman. As usual, there’s a dollop of romance – or two dollops in this case – and some important issues that Kathryn and Forest Water must deal with. There are also some grandmothers who play an i