In the Works

 Here are the stories I'm in the process of writing:

Waves of Wheat (Dibbens)
 ARJ Dibbens immigrates with his mum, dad, brother, and sister from the Isle of Wight,
England, to the wild west cattle town of Wichita, Kansas, in 1872. His family settles on land near a creek with a small cabin. Everything is going well until one night....

 

 

 

Simeon and the Cave (Edwards-Swartz)

Have you ever felt you should do something you couldn't explain?  Follow Simeon and his family during their early years settling on the Kansas prairie in the 1870s. Living in the wilderness can be unpredictable and dangerous. Obey, and you may experience God's providence that can't be explained....

 

 

 

Here are the stories I'm developing: 

 

From Castles to Kansas (Hawkinson-Nelson)

All Jenny has ever known is the transitory life as the daughter of a traveling tailor family, making the rounds to small villages and castle grounds of southern Sweden. What will she find if she leaves her job as a maid at Marsvinsholm Castle to make a new life on the 1870s Kansas prairie?

 

 The Name Quilt (Rutkowski-Warnken) Not sure about the title yet.

Frank Rutkowski grows up in a first-generation German immigrant home. He has his share of heartbreak and hard times and ultimately raises six daughters on the Kansas prairie with his wife. 

 

 

 Here are the stories I've written: 

 

 

By-Gosh Johnson and the Long Walk (Johnson-Johnson)
 

In 1868, Johan’s dreams of building a life on the family farm in Byarum, Sweden, have slipped beyond his reach. With little future ahead except conscription or a hard life as a hired farmhand, he faces an unbearable choice: remain in the only home he has ever known or risk everything for the promise of America.
Leaving behind the familiar countryside of rural Sweden, Johan begins a journey marked by optimism, heartbreak, hope, and unexpected joy. Thousands of miles from home, he must navigate the hardships of settling in a new land alone.
A sweeping story of courage, family, and the immigrant dream, this novel reminds us that sometimes the life we find is greater than the one we imagined.