by Nancy Herkness | Aug 19, 2013 | Country Roads, Take Me Home, Uncategorized, West Virginia
I walked into the post office this morning and saw my home state of West Virginia on the new stamp display (so of course I bought a sheet). It’s our 150th birthday of statehood! How pretty is this mountain sunrise?! Here’s what the U.S.P.S. has to say...
by Nancy Herkness | Aug 3, 2013 | horses, Uncategorized, Whisper Horse, writing
Why did I create the idea of a “whisper horse”, a special horse who helps my characters deal with their problems? In this article about a therapeutic riding program, Octavia Brown, the director puts it very well: “A horse never judges and it never thinks...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 30, 2013 | Home, Uncategorized, West Virginia
Did you know the United States enforces strict limits on the placement and broadcast power of cell phone towers and other transmitters in over 13,000 square miles in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia? It’s true! Why this National Radio Quiet Zone?...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 27, 2013 | Uncategorized, writing
As a former poet (in college), I was happy to see this article in the Wall Street Journal, explaining that some poets have figured out how to make money from their writing: Some writers now in the poetry business are capitalizing on the demand for custom stanzas....
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 1, 2013 | Books, Take Me Home, Uncategorized
Yeehaw! Amazon is offering Take Me Home for half-price on Kindle and in print. If you’d like to buy it on Kindle for $2.00, click here. If you’d like a print copy for $6.48, click here. Enjoy your reading and let me know what you...
by Nancy Herkness | Jun 26, 2013 | Home, Uncategorized, writing
I took my maiden voyage on my DIY treadmill desk last night and thought you might want a report on whether it worked or not. Statistics: Time: 78 minutes Distance: 1.9 miles Speed: 1.2 – 1.5 mph Words written: 1,063 Calories burned: 235 Notes: I got so lost in the...