Honesty …and duplicity. Love …and hate. People making tough choices in tough times. Self reliance on the frontier of America — from both the settlers’ and native americans’ perspective. Courage. Heart. Bravery in the face of fear and to meet … Continue reading
Were there ever fires as these in the days of the Apache? During the summer of 2011, as I planned my first research trip to Cochise County, Arizona, for my upcoming novel APACHE PORTAL, three wildfires raged out of control … Continue reading
I took the beautiful photo above in the Dragoon Mountains, during one of my research trips to Cochise County before writing APACHE PORTAL. This is where the famous chief of the Chiricahua Apaches lived and was buried by his people. … Continue reading
News Release: APACHE PORTAL, the exciting new novel by historical fantasy author Carl Grimsman, was published in ebook format on October 18, 2013. It is available here, at Amazon.com. “In 1880 Arizona, during the last days of the free Apache, … Continue reading
BARBARA REILLY is featured on Mark Feggeler’s Middle Grade Spotlight this week, on his website Books by Feggeler. Looking good! Mark’s a Middle Grade author as well, so please check out his books, too.
BARBARA REILLY is a book twenty-three years in the making! I began the novel in June 1989 after waking up from a dream. I awoke with two images in my head. The first was of three mound-shaped huts in a … Continue reading
BARBARA REILLY E-book FREE for 3 Days Barbara is set free to fly into your Kindle reader, as part of the Amazon Select promotion program, Friday November 16 through Sunday November 18, 2012. Let Barbara spend Thanksgiving with you this … Continue reading
BARBARA REILLY available in Paperback: October 16 I am happy to announce publication of the print edition of BARBARA REILLY, my historical fantasy novel for age twelve and up. Yoly of House of Lit and I … Continue reading
BARBARA REILLY is a Historical Fantasy, meaning the story is set in a recognizable past time and place but contains fantasy (magical) elements. BARBARA REILLY is set in two time periods. The main action takes place in rural upstate New … Continue reading
BARBARA REILLY is now available on Amazon.com in e-book format. Set in the forests of the Iroquois during the harrowing days of the American Revolution — and on a farm in the same lake country of Central New York in … Continue reading
Indian arrowheads have been turning up in the fields since before Grampa’s time, but no one imagined the secret that would reveal itself to Barbara. In the summer of 1948, Barbara Reilly discovers something truly magical in the woods of … Continue reading