by Betsy Chess | Oct 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Animal Farm I’ve always had animals in my life. Growing up on a ranch in Santa Paula, California, I was surrounded by dogs, cats, chickens, lambs, calves, and horses. Even now as a (ahem) middle-aged adult, I have a dog, a cat, and eight backyard chickens. Animals... 
by Betsy Chess | Sep 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Road to Damascus Moment I previously have written that one of the key experiences which led me to write my book, Daughter of the Land, came at the end of February 2020. I was invited to speak at the Blanchard Community Library in Santa Paula at an event... 
by Betsy Chess | Jul 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Read in your lap, not on your laptop! There is a war today for the soul of readers. Do you prefer reading digitally on a Kindle, Nook, etc., or do you read from a printed book? I have a foot in both camps. I find I do most of my fiction reading on a Kindle.... 
by Betsy Chess | Jun 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Crashing the Writer’s Block I have been incubating this book for a long time. Why was I hesitating? After all, I was a trained historian and steeped in family and local lore, but two relatives as well as others in the field had already published books on...
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