A New Beta Reader
February 17, 2025Last week, I met with another author who asked in January if I would Beta Read his manuscript. We didn’t know each other well, which…
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I Am Back!
February 17, 2025I am Back! Welcome to my new avocation as a book Beta-Reader. I am back! After a bit of a break, I am back to…
Fare Thee Well 2021 | A Reflection, Part 2
May 6, 2022Fare Thee Well 2021 | A Reflection, Part 2 The ceremony took place the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Bittersweet is the only way I…
Fare Thee Well 2021 | A Reflection, Part 1
May 6, 2022Fare Thee Well 2021 – A Reflection, Part 1 In January I said “Fare thee well 2021” with mixed emotions. It was a year of…
Part Two: Maple Cemetery
June 21, 2021Maples Cemetery is a new development to my favorite MsStorian Adventure. Star and Tribune history column contributor, Curtis Brown, discovered my research on the Wealthwood…
Part One: Maples Cemetery is Second Homestead Cemetery for Wealthwood’s Black Settlers A MsStorian Adventure My Favorite MsStorian Adventure The Maples Cemetery is the…
Who Are the MsStorians?
February 15, 2021Who Are the MsStorians? Vicki Foss, Yvonne Doust, Leigh Melby, and I (Julie Jo Larson) are the MsStorians, a group of women whose passion is…
The Skip Tender’s Tale
February 4, 2021The Skip Tender’s Tale A MsStorian Adventure Clinton Harris was a night shift skip tender at the Milford Mine. On February 5, 1924, he offered…
Remembering the Milford Mine’s 41 Lost Miners
February 3, 2021Remembering the Milford Mine’s 41 Lost Miners A MsStorian Adventure | Written by Julie Jo Larson The Crosby Courier kept locals informed of the accident and…
The Most Interesting Book Characters
January 28, 2019Shores of the cosmic ocean. Hearts of the stars. Vanquish the impossible Sea of Tranquility sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore…
