July

Jane will be traveling this month.  Please look for her schedule to see if she'll be in an area near you.  If you're available on July 2, 2009 from 9-10 AM Pacific, consider calling in to Oregon Public Broadcasting's Think Out Loud program here is a link to the TOL site where listeners can comment:

http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/northwest-passages-jane-kirkpatrick/

The show will stream live from that site, and here is a list of frequencies where people can listen live on the radio:

http://www.opb.org/radio/?mode=whereToListen

The show is live from 9 -10 AM. It repeats the same day in the evening, 9 - 10 PM.  It will be archived.  People can also subscribe to the Think Our Loud podcast from their website or call at 888 665-5865.  Those interested in hearing Jane's interview with Euan Kerr of Minnesota Public Radio can click on the guest link provided at the link section.  

Don't forget to relax.  It's summer and Jane reminds us of that in her words of encouragement.

June

“Serendipity strikes again. Look for it!” (Vist Jane's Words of Encouragement!)

Oregon Public Broadcasting is putting together a Northwest writer’s discussion on their Think Out Loud radio program. They’re asking for suggestions from readers about writers they’d like to have interviewed and why those writers fire the reader’s passion. It’s a good time to celebrate your favorite northwest writers. Visit www.opb.org/thinkoutloud and look for “Northwest Writers” to make your suggestions.  

May

May and summer has arrived!  Visit Jane’s Words of Encouragement to see how summer begins on the ranch.  And please visit Jane’s schedule for events from Sunriver, Oregon to Plano, Texas where you can meet Jane this month. Work on the website continues. Thanks for your patience.

April!  We Have a Winner!

Ramona Hugulet of Portland, Oregon has won the replica of Emma Giesy's quilt!  She doesn't have it yet!  We'll have an "event" to give it to her once the quilting is complete.  If you're in the region we hope you'll join us.  Thanks to all of you around the country (and foreign countries too) for entering the quilt contest.  My publisher in Colorado selected the winner but I have to say I'm pleased to keep Emma's quilt in the state she came to love.

Please visit my Words of Encouragement page for April.  It contains an inspiring story for the Easter Season and for the troubling times we live in.  It's about buttons... 

  ...antique buttons.  For the rest of the story, click Words of encouragement. 

Don't forget to visit my schedule.  I hope to see some of you in Paducah, KY on April 22-23 at the big quilt show there and at events at Serenita's Tea House and Choates Gifts. It's my first trip to Kentucky.  I can hardly wait!   Around the Northwest -- I'll be at the Douglas County Museum in Roseburg,  OR and at the Pioneer Quilt show in Eugene, OR April19th.  All month, we'll celebrate the release of A Flickering Light.  My grandmother, above.

Have a wonderful April and thanks for spending a little time with me.  Warmly, Jane

The Reflective Month of March

March was once "Murphy's Month" on Starvation Lane.  See why Jane's next novel -- and the one she's working on -- help her discover the roots of her optimism even in wilderness places.  Check out her words of encouragement and the review below and click on this link to see the Video - Book Trailer! A FLICKERING LIGHT by Jane Kirkpatrick ... As always, Jane is grateful you stopped by!

A Flickering Light Jane Kirkpatrick. WaterBrook, $13.99 paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-57856-980-9Historical novelist Kirkpatrick (A Tendering in the Storm) is exceptionally authentic in her use of early 20th-century history. Virtually all the characters are real figures; protagonist Jessie Ann Gaebele is inspired in this “biographical fiction” by the writer's own grandmother. Jessie Ann loves photography, and when she is hired as an assistant to photographer F.J. Bauer, she learns about the field of her dreams and also about herself, as she finds herself attracted to her married boss, who battles his own feelings in return. Kirkpatrick renders the war among desire, duty and restraint with exquisite nuance. There are no unsympathetic characters in this tangle of relationships. Bauer's wife—also named Jessie—may be difficult to live with, but she has her reasons. The period detail—dangerous chemicals used in photography, debilitating and frequent illnesses, the routine constraints on women's choices—offers a compelling portrait of the time. Kirkpatrick deserves a wide audience for this coming-of-age tale that is aching and hopeful. (Apr.)  Publisher’s Weekly Review

 February, 2009 a month of celebrating and remembering

The photograph on the right is not my grandmother; but it is a photograph my grandmother took while running a studio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in 1911. She hand-painted it too and has captured something soft in the woman's face, shaded in a shadow that emphasizes the woman's eyes.  She makes me wish I could have known her; makes me marvel at the gift of artistry my grandmother left behind.  Take a look at my Words of Encouragement this month to see what insights a cruise through February celebrations and memories brings to your mind.  

Don't forget, there's still time to sign up for Beachside Writers. http://www.bobwelch.net/ and visit my schedule, guestbook and blog.  Have a great month. 

Warmly, Jane

January, 2009

 View the new trailer -- not a horse trailer -- of Aurora:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCwUjAhpm24&feature=channel_page

 Still time to nurture yourself by joining... 

Jane and Bob Welch in February (President's weekend so you don't have to take time off of work to pursue your writing life) at Beachside Writers held in beautiful Yachats on the Oregon Coast.  Limited space; lots of time with two award-winning authors. Pick their brains, write, discover your next step through laughter and inspiration.  Gourmet meals and snacks included. Contact http://www.bobwelch.net/  for registration.   Commit to your craft and to yourself as a writer!    

November 2008 

Jane explores "stressed" spelled backwards

thanks to artist/writer maryanne radmacher, the answer will delight!  Visit with Jane at her Words of Encouragement link to discover more.  Happy Thanksgiving!

October 2008

Jane and Jerry near Medicine Lake in Alberta, Canada.  Join Jane as she describes a Crazy quilt of experiences and urges you to stitch your own memories this month.

THIS JUST IN!  

A TENDERING IN THE STORM HAS WON THE WILLA LITERARY AWARD

FOR BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK NOVEL

from Women Writing theWest

Jane will receive her trophy at the WWW convention in San Antonio, TX in October.   She knows that some of you have a hardcover book printed by a bookclub such as Crossings or Literary Guild but Jane's novels have first been published in tradepaper back and this year she has won this fine award.

Don't forget to read Jane's Words of Encouragement as a witness to kindness puts life into perspective to help make September a grand month for you and for others.  New pictures on her blog!

Released April '08

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit my virtual homestead ...
Of course, don't forget to sign the guestbook ...
I always look forward to hearing from you!

Jane and Bo...before he chased the chipmunk into the night and gave her a black eye, sprained thumb and convoluted glasses.  All is well.  And the chipmunk is alive and teasing Bo as it can.

Emma's quilt began Jane's research that became the Change and Cherish Historical Series.  A replica is being made of Emma's quilt that you can win by simply entering at www.waterbrookpress.com and go to the contests page. The drawing will be in the spring of 2009.  Pendleton Woolen Mills has donated beautiful wool.

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(other books in the Change and Cherish Series)
A Clearing in the Wild
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Single Books

A Burden Shared
A Land of Sheltered Promise
A Simple Gift of Comfort
Homestead

The Dream-Catcher Series

Sweetness to the Soul
Love To Water My Soul
A Gathering of Finches
Mystic Sweet Communion

The Kinship & Courage Historical Series

All Together in One Place
No Eye Can See
What Once We Loved

The Tender Ties Historical Series 

A Name of Her Own
Every Fixed Star
Hold Tight the Thread

The Change and Cherish Historical Series 

A Clearing in the Wild
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 A Mending at the Edge

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