Heather Gates comes alive in a new HubPages series

Heather Gates comes alive in a new HubPages series

A new weekly series of short stories in "The Homeplace Saga" series of family saga, historical fiction stories has begun on HubPages: http://hub.me/alR9r

Heather was a child when our stories began in 1987. Now, in the summer of 1996, she is 15 and about to become a sophomore at Oak Springs High School.

She is a minor character in the novel, "The Homeplace Revisited," the second novel in the series. Read her story for more depth of detail about the homeplace as well as watch her grow in her own right. Comments appreciated. 

"We each have a 'homeplace' - if only in our minds!" - Tell me of yours, in the comments!! ;-)

Dr. Bill ;-)

Surname Saturday - Homeplace Surnames

Surname Saturday

Homeplace Surnames

We have featured most of the major surnames in this meme over the years but today, I wanted to call your attention to an essay I posted a while back over on the "Homeplace Series" at HubPages, entitled: "The families of "The Homeplace Saga" historical fiction series."

http://homeplaceseries.hubpages.com/hub/The-families-of-The-Homeplace-Saga-historical-fiction-series

It provides a nice overview of the families of Homeplace stories. It is not long. I hope you'll take a view minutes to look it over. You just might find something interesting! ;-)

Today's Thoughts on… The multiple platforms of "The Homeplace Saga" stories

Today's Thoughts on…

The multiple platforms of "The Homeplace Saga" stories

1. Part II of the Centennial/Founding stories continue on this blog, tomorrow, Friday and next Friday. Part III - the Civil War years and stories will follow.

Planning has begun to publish this short story collection in ebook and print formats.

Some stories feature farriers and blacksmiths! ;-)

2. Earlier this week, we began a new series of short stories set in 1876 (immediately after the Founding stories (1833-1875): The Kings of Oak Springs, Episode 1 at:

http://homeplaceseries.hubpages.com/hub/The-Kings-of-Oak-Springs-Episode-1

This series is our attempt to share some personal, family-oriented stories based in that time and place. We hope to follow in the tradition of Little House on the Prairie, Centennial, and How the West Was Won. Note that this series is on HubPages, under author "Homeplace Series." Other stories and commentary on The Homeplace Saga are also included at this author site.

3. There is now a "cross-over" between Founding stories, here, and the Weston Wagons West series of short stories on HubPages under author "DrBill-WmL-Smith" - now with 28 episodes published.

Levi, and his father, Jacob Weston were introduced as Homeplace characters in:

http://thehomeplaceseries.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-founding-of-homeplace-summer-1860_28.html

Jacob's background was introduced in the Weston Wagons West episode at:

http://drbill-wml-smith.hubpages.com/hub/Weston-Wagons-West-Jacob-Weston-moves-his-family-to-St-Louis-Missouri-in-1823

These stories will be expanded as time goes by. Sign up to follow both of these series at HubPages to get notified when new stories are published.

4. I would love to get feedback on any of these stores. If you don't want to do it publicly, please send me an email at: billsmith200 at gmail.com

Thanks for caring! ;-)