About
Shelley Adina Bates holds an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, where she was adjunct faculty for 19 years, and is in her third year of work on a PhD in Creative Writing at Lancaster University in the UK. She is supervised by Professor John Schad of the English & Creative…
The Disciples
The Pacific Christian Divine Way was incorporated in 1918, with three directors: W. E. Riker, chairman Anna Schramm, secretary Irvin B. Fisher The community at that time numbered perhaps a dozen. By the 1930 census, 33 men and 8 women were recorded as living at Holy City: William E. Riker – 58, head Lucille Riker…
Fact Versus Fiction
This week I’m attending the Kauai Writers Conference to take a “master class” called “Bringing History to Life.” This entails 12 hours of classroom time led by authors Whitney Scharer and Priya Parmar, both of whom have written acclaimed historical novels. After introductions and getting an idea of both the breadth of historical fiction being…