CHRISTINE NIH'SHAW 

Wow! Have I really fallen off the grid with my posts?! It's been more than a year - death in the blogging world! I haven't exactly been resting here on my la...

It happens to everyone. We get worn down and depleted by the every day mechanisms of life: work, family, responsibilities. So every now and again we must rem...

As promised, the new and improved first chapter! The novel has endured 17 full revisions and finally feels complete. Special thanks to Allison Pottern Hoch a...

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Interview with Author Christine Almstrom Christine Almstrom Croydon, NH, USA Good morning, Christine, and welcome to Vision and Ver...

So I just received an email saying my book, "Grandfather Thunder & The Night Horses," was featured on the Multicultural Children's Book Day website under "On...

On this Veteran's Day weekend I can't help but reflect on the simple ideal that so many are without: FREEDOM. While some are quick to denounce our flag and o...

How is it that a day at the ocean means so much more than simply a 'day at the beach?' It becomes something spiritual, rejuvenating, transcending. The briny ...

To make "Thunder" you need math. So let's do some math. I know. I know. It's summer and brains don't like to do problem solving when temperatures soar and wa...

April showers bring May flowers but May brings snow? It can in New England. Mother Nature delivered an interesting gift for Mother's Day but should you compl...

Some time last summer I debated whether or not to attend my (year is not important) high school reunion. How many of my classmates will attend? Is it worth i...

For anyone interested in just getting down to the meat-and-potatoes of writing your story and not re-inventing the wheel, the Scrivener application is the wa...

No one ever said life was easy. Maybe that's a good thing. If we always got exactly what we wanted would be appreciate what we have? Yesterday I learned th...

Everything you've ever heard about New York City? It's all true. The sights and smells are almost overwhelming. (Think 5-year-old-high-on-Halloween-candy-...

Windsor, Vermont knows how to do 'street fairs.' Yesterday I attended the annual Autumn Moon Festival in downtown Windsor as a vendor and what a night it wa...

Mother Nature was truly on our side today! The skies were blue, the sun was shining and there was a nice breeze for the 43rd Annual Newport Apple Pie Craft ...

I've signed a publishing contract with Jennifer L. Myers of SundanceKid Press! "Grandfather Thunder & The Night Horses" is scheduled to be released Spring 2...

I've been in talks with Jennifer Meyers of SundanceKid Press Publishing recently about a new project I'm working on, titled "Grandfather Thunder & The Night ...

So I've started some illustrations for a new children's book I'm working on titled "Grandfather Thunder & The Night Horses." The story is loosely based on a...

My name is Acacia Llewtrah. Like every woman in my family, I was born under a "Blood Moon" eclipse. I was born with a secret that has been guarded since th...

I've always thought the notion of being a writer was a romantic one. Oh, to be a weaver of words, a creator of conversation and character, inventor of world...