Source: The Battle of Whitemarsh, Dec. 5 – 7, 1777 Continue reading

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Today the nation says thank you to our veterans who sacrificed and sacrifice daily to defend our country. We appreciate the service of every man and woman who ever served in the Armed Forces, as well as those who are serving today. I’ve thought a lot about the men and women who fought valiantly and… Continue reading

Kudos to  Marion Lane, author of the children’s book, Patriots of African Descent in the Revolutionary War , which is published by my publishing company, The Elevator Group.  She was the moving force behind the October 3, 2015 ceremony where the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) put a headstone  on the grave of  Hannah Till, a former slave who bought… Continue reading

Leading up to the December book launch for my novel, Becoming Valley Forge, I’m going to blog about some of the steps General George Washington and the Continental Army took in what’s called the Philadelphia Campaign on the road to Valley Forge. The road starts today, September 11, 1777.  That’s when 13,000 British troops, led… Continue reading

Sheilah Vance’s new novel, Becoming Valley Forge, (Dec.. 2015), dramatically answers the question of what happens when the war comes to your backyard PAOLI, PA—Award-winning author Sheilah Vance’s new novel, Becoming Valley Forge, (Dec. 2015, 560 pp., $17.95, The Elevator Group, ISBN 978-0-9824945-9-2) dramatically answers the question of what happens when the war comes to… Continue reading

Please join me on Saturday, February 7, 2 p.m., as I speak about The Road to Valley Forge, to the King of Prussia Historical Society, Christ Church (Old Swedes) Church Hall, 740 River Rd, Swedesburg, PA 19405. http://www.kophistory.org/events/. I’m excited to talk about the six days in December that General George Washington and the Continental Army spent on… Continue reading

Upper Merion Township is honoring posthumously Vivian Vance Cherry as part of its 27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Celebration, Wed., Jan. 14, 7pm, Upper Merion Middle School, 450 Keebler Road, King of Prussia, PA.  Cherry was the first African American teacher in Upper Merion (and also my aunt)!  She died in… Continue reading

Twice during the holiday season, people have told me that I’m crazy.  But crazy in a good way.  I told them that, yes, they were right–I was crazy.  I said that all writers, especially fiction writers, are a bit crazy because we hear voices in our head with our characters talking to us, demanding that… Continue reading