Lavender for supper??
While working on my next novel, Comfort Foods, I’ve dabbled, sampled, cooked, and consumed many recipes involving lavender. Why, you might ask? I’ll tell you–it’s a critical ingredient in the new book. Yes, my last novel, Comfort Songs, was set at a lavender farm, but this new book picks up where that one ended, and […]
Blood on the Pines, chapters 2 and 3, of a serial story.
Thanks to the Longview News-Journal for allowing me creative freedom to write an alternative history version of Margaret and O.H. Methvin the couple credited with beginning the city of Longview. It’s alternative because not a lot is known about them, and I may have fudged a few dates of Texas history to try a “what […]
Kirkus Review of Comfort Songs!
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kimberly-fish/comfort-songs/ I’m thrilled the world premiere book review service, Kirkus Reviews, gave a glowing endorsement of the 2019 novel, Comfort Songs. I had such writing this story, and watching the reactions from readers, that I didn’t think there could be more icing for the cake. I was wrong. This review will open new doors for […]
Heroes at Home.
I was born into the U.S. Army in September of 1964, and surrendered my privileges when I turned 18 and gave back my I.D. card—the days in between feel like the pages of a myth. My father was training at the Ranger’s Camp outside Dahlonega, Georgia when I came screaming into the world, and in […]
An alternative history serial about my town’s earliest days.
Several months ago, when talk of Longview’s 150th celebrations were still in the works, a newspaper editor asked me a question. She wanted to know if, in my opinion, Longview would have ever developed had the founding father, O.H. Methvin, not acted when he did to bring the railroad to this area. I had to […]
Love in the Time of Corona
With the bliss of a corona-fied schedule, I find myself with zero excuses for writing a new novel. And, so dear readers, I submit that the rough draft of the new book both fills me with surprises and challenges. The setting will be in Comfort, Texas — like the books Comfort Plans and Comfort Songs–and […]
Podcast Conversations
I had the great privilege of visiting with Dr. Keitha on the Indie Beacon Radio podcast, and enjoyed the conversation about the back story to my books and sharing a little scoop on the new novel–Comfort Foods; another contemporary fiction set in Comfort, Texas. If you’d like a peek into “the rest of the story” […]
A chair by the fireplace
I’ve rediscovered how much I like Rosamund Pilcher novels this winter. But they can’t be read without some patience for scene details, backstory, and repeating conversations between characters who enter a room and need to be brought into the picture. While it was cold and raining last weekend, I wanted to move a comfy chair […]
Stress and …. Books.
I don’t know about you, but I’m a stress reader. Some people bury their anxiety in chocolate (I’m in recovery) and some in a colorful list of vices. Yet the one item I never see on the list of things people do when they’re anxious is to read. Am I alone in my need for […]
I’m creating something unique, just for you!
With my heart overflowing with gratitude to the readers and friends who have supported my books this year, and who so wonderfully celebrated the 2019 novel, Comfort Songs, I landed on a fun Christmas gift to offer in return. Yes, I’m giving you a present. Fa-la-la-la! To the subscribers of my e-newsletter (registration is available […]
