Still Under Construction
After over a month, I am still finding my way around the blog builder. It is now December 22, and I am determined to get something workable by January 1, 2026. We will see how that goes.
Hazel Hart
Hazel Hart is a writer and editor of historical and contemporary fiction.
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Prize-winning Entry
Award Certificate My novel with the working title of The Harrow Hotel took 1st Place in the 2026 Kansas Authors Club contest for first chapter of a novel. Those little items you see at the edges of the certificate are…
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Finding My Way
It is November 12, 2025 as I write this. I have read instructions, watched videos, made multiple attempts to edit this page, and I haven’t had much success. Here’s hoping this will work. If you are reading this, I have achieved today’s goal.
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My First Book
The Night Before Christmas, my first novel, took thirty years from the first draft to publication.
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Words Matter
In the 1960s, I majored in English thinking once I learned the rules of grammar and sentence structure, they would stay the same. Little did I know. New style guides come out every year with updated rules.
And then there are the words. What was a receipt in the nineteenth century is a recipe now. As soon as I figure out how to add a link to the post, I’ll do that.
Pierce Family Saga
- Cordelia’s Journey
- For Want of a Father
- Hiram’s Boy
- Hiram’s War
- Hiram’s Girls: For Want of a Home
The Adventures of Hannah True
- Uprooted
- Undercurrents
- Overcoming
- Reputation
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Contemporary Fiction
- The Night before Christmas
- Family History
- The Nancy Nolan Show
- Possessing Sara
- The Survivalist’s Daughter
- What One of Us Knows
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The Learning Curve
Challenges in business are a given, but it’s our response to them that defines our trajectory. Looking beyond the immediate obstacle, there lies a realm…
