A Daredevil’s Guide to Swimming with Sharks

I wrote this title at the same time (Winter 2012) that I wrote another in Capstone’s Daredevil series: Storm Chasing. I loved writing both of these books for many reasons, mainly the research! For both, I was able to find experts in the fields and interview them via email. This was one of my most favorite parts [...]

A Daredevil’s Guide to Storm Chasing

In Winter 2012, I worked on two titles for Capstone’s Daredevil series: Storm Chasing and Swimming with Sharks. I loved writing both of these books. For both, I was able to find experts in the fields and interview them via email. This was one of my most favorite parts of the project. I remember one day [...]

Independence Rock….

On my way to South Dakota in 2012, we drove across nearly the entire state of Wyoming. Along the way, we noticed on the map the names of some famous landmarks from US history. One was Independence Rock. Not only did we drive right past it (twice: once on the way there and the other [...]

Mountain of Presidents….

In May 2012, I crossed another item off my “bucket list.” Well, make that two items, actually, because I got to visit  both South Dakota’s Black Hills AND Mount Rushmore all in one fell swoop. South Dakota was an amazingly beautiful place–much prettier than I expected. The Black Hills region–with its dense forests and winding [...]

Dreaming of London….

Last summer, I had the opportunity to visit London for the very first time. All this coverage of the Olympics has brought back a lot of great memories of this trip across the pond. I went with my brother and sister to visit our youngest brother who was doing a study-abroad in London. We spent [...]

May 2012

I bought this book last year at P. Graham Dunn in Ohio. I have meant to read it all this time, but just haven’t had the chance. I started reading it earlier this month while on a trip to South Dakota. It’s really interesting so far. It’s the biographical account of Christian missionaries in China [...]

A fun find….

Today, I was searching around online and ran across a review of my book, The Declaration of Independence in Translation which was published by Capstone Press in 2009. This review was written just 3 days ago from when I’m writing this post! Check out the full review at the following link: Mrs Palmer’s Readers: The [...]

The History of the Republican Party

The History of the Republican Party —  set to be available for purchase on June 15, 2012. At first, this book was a very difficult one to research and write. For some reason, I was having a lot of difficulty finding the information I needed for each chapter opener. Then, something clicked. I was able [...]

Billabong Pipe Masters Day 2

On December 9, 2011, I went to the second day of the Billabong Pipe Masters. It was SO amazing! The waves were 15-20 feet high and the surfers rode them with absolute ease and made it look like it was the simplest thing in the world to do. When I lived in Hawaii I didn’t [...]

Pearl Harbor 70th

On December 7, 2011, I was extremely fortunate to be able to attend the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor as a freelance journalist and photographer. To be honest, the word fortunate is really an understatement of how lucky I feel for being able to be in attendance that day. [...]

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