How NOT To Do It!

How NOT To Do It!

Sometimes what I do is wildly successful. Sometimes it is not. Sometimes the success or failure is because of something I did. Often it is not. The key lies in both enjoying and learning from the experience, whatever it is. The Urbandale library book launch was just...
Our Day in Pella

Our Day in Pella

Imagine you’re an author. Imagine being told that every time the bookshop ordered more books, they sold. Imagine the owner telling you your book is awesome and should be everywhere. Yeah. Pella was a dream come true. Read more and see the photos...
First Launch Party

First Launch Party

On Saturday, April 20, I had the first Unforgivable launch party that was open to the public. A sweet friend, my husband, and I set up the tables, arranged the food, and put up directions on where to go, and we were ready. 2:00. Time to start. One person arrived. I...
First Launch Party

Unforgivable is Out!

Soon after the publication of Brave Face: The Inspiring WWII Memoir of a Dutch/German Child, my mother, Meta, and I heard an outcry. “We want more!”             I wanted to provide that by writing about my father, Frits’s, life, but it seemed unlikely I could. After...
First Launch Party

Forgiving the Unforgivable

Not too long ago, I had a comment on a Facebook post about the book which will soon be out: Unforgivable. It went along the lines of, “That’s not a good title for a Christian to choose.” I beg to differ. You see, much of what happened during WWII (and any war) is...