Author Archives: Elaine Cantrell

“Do you dream often? Do you remember your dreams?” Actually, I think I do dream pretty often, but usually when I wake up I can’t remember them. I dreamed more when I was still working. I remembered the dreams better … Continue reading →

Blurb: “All hands to battle stations.” The words still haunt Jack Hardy, even after thirty years. As a young Navy lieutenant, he watched as his submarine, the U.S.S. Candlefish mysteriously vanished in the Pacific amidst an attack by an unseen … Continue reading →

What are some challenges you’ve encountered that you were unsure you could handle but then surprised yourself?  I suppose one of the challenges that worried me was when I got my first teaching job. There was so much to learn … Continue reading →

In the day of a global economy with refrigerated food carriers it’s hard to believe that until very recently in history people ate what they could find locally.  That being the case, around what products did southern cuisine grow and develop? … Continue reading →

“Have your footwear choices changed as your life, or lifestyle, has changed?” The short answer to this question is yes. And no. When I was a child, children in my area went barefooted in the summer time. The climate is … Continue reading →

Blurb: An impoverished young woman. A lonely father of five. Will they be able to resist when a cadre of optimistic children start matchmaking? Colorado, 1910. Quinn Cooper can’t help feeling uneasy. But securing a job as a schoolmarm in … Continue reading →

“How has the ongoing pandemic affected your creativity?” At the beginning of the pandemic, we mostly isolated ourselves and went out as little as possible. You’d think that with so much time on my hands I would have knocked out … Continue reading →

What is your fondest childhood memory?  When I saw this topic I thought, “Oh, good. That’ll be easy.” However, when I actually sat down to write I found that it wasn’t easy at all. My family didn’t have a lot … Continue reading →

Writing is so much fun.  If you’re thinking of writing a novel, one of the first things you’ll need to do is pick a genre.  I picked romance.  Out of all the genres out there, why did I pick romance?  Lots of people write … Continue reading →

I wondered if maybe the color that represents me most would show up in many places in my home, especially my closet. Of course the color that I like might not be the most representative of me, but it was … Continue reading →