Lutz, Norma Jean Pathways to the Past.

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As the Civil War begins, twin siblings David and Daria Fisk experience drastic changes in their lives. Their physician father leaves home to serve for the Union Army. Then their mama decides to turn their home into a boardinghouse to support the family financially. Now the twins are cleaning rooms, emptying chamber pots, shaking rugs, and serving meals. But Daria is suspicious of one of their boarders-a wounded soldier names Paul Clark. He claims to have known Dr. Fisk and asks a lot of questions. Daria thinks the boarder might be a spy. David, however, believes Paul Clark is a great Union hero. Who is right? When David allows Paul to have his beloved horse, Bordeaux, is he making a sacrifice for the Union? Or aiding a Rebel spy? The full-time writer is the author of over 50 published books under her own name and also scores of ghostwritten books. Her books have been favorably reviewed in Affair de Coeur, Coffee Time Romance, Romance Reader at Heart, and The Romance Studio magazines, and her short fiction has garnered a number of first prizes in local writing contests. Norma Jean is the founder of the Professionalism in Writing School, which was held annually in Tulsa for fourteen years. This writers' conference, which closed its doors in 1996, gave many writers their start in the publishing world. A gifted teacher, Norma Jean has taught a variety of writing courses at local colleges and community schools, and is a frequent speaker at writers' seminars around the country. For ten years, she taught on staff for the Institute of Children's Literature. She has served as artist-in-residence at grade schools, and for two years taught a staff development workshop for language arts teachers in schools in Northeastern Oklahoma. In 2010, she made the decision (along with many other authors) to leave the world of traditional publishing and become an indie author. Even though the learning curve was as she puts it "straight up," it was a decision she has never regretted. As she says, "Having the last say in my cover art and story content is pure joy to this author." Her titles can be found here:

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