Happy One Year Book Birthday to Feisty Deeds

Okay, a pre-birthday celebration, since 8 June – Women’s Fiction Day – launches the actual date.

One year ago, I joined twenty-two fellow authors to launch our new historical fiction anthology, Feisty Deeds: Historical Fictions of Daring Women.

This was such a labor of love. I worked alongside four fellow authors – Carolyn Korsmeyer, Christy Matheson, Elaine Schroller Aucoin and Kay Smith Blum – as co-editors to create this anthology.

We were fortunate to receive so many strong stories that became part of this collection, criss-crossing the globe and spanning centuries.

My own story, One August Day,  is the tale of a 1480 Ottoman invasion along Italy’s Puglia coastline, and the courage it takes for one young girl to survive the brutal attack..

Mine is one of twenty-three fascinating tales interpreting “feistiness” of women across centuries.

Our collection garnered numerous positive editorial reviews and an impressive six book awards.

If you’re looking for an inspiring gift for the feisty women and girls in your life, you can’t go wrong with a copy of Feisty Deeds. Even better, all proceeds from the sale of this collection are destined to the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA) Scholarship Fund, benefitting authors facing financial hardships to gain access to the conferences, craft classes and technologies that will help them further their careers.

Help us support aspiring women authors AND enjoy this engrossing read.

And, if you enjoy our collection, you’re in luck! We are hard at work on Feisty Deeds II, with more amazing tales. Stay tuned…

Feisty women spanning six centuries …

The twenty-three stories in this collection depict ordinary women—from the 1470s to the 1970s—who meet life’s challenges with fierce determination.

An unhappy housewife in 1950s California gathers the courage to escape an abusive marriage. When local men are shipped off to WWI, a young Yorkshire woman joins others to keep a munitions factory at peak operation. As her land and way of life are threatened, a nineteenth century Chickasaw wife and mother rekindles the strength of her ancestors. A midwife strives to protect mothers from accusations of witchcraft. A Victorian portrait artist possesses a rare, sought-after talent that dispatches unwanted relatives.

Foreign invaders, rigid domestic authorities, strictures of society and religion, the supernatural, and love and family bonds all serve as catalysts for the feisty women in these tales.