Skip to content

Lorie Smith Schaefer

Finding hope in the space between us.

Primary Navigation

  • About me
  • Buy my book, please
  • Discussion Questions for Book Clubs
  • Annie Cooper’s Recipe Scrapbook
  • Contact me

Social Navigation

  • About me
  • Buy my book, please
  • Discussion Questions for Book Clubs
  • Annie Cooper’s Recipe Scrapbook
  • Contact me

More stuff to explore

  • About me
  • Buy my book, please
  • Discussion Questions for Book Clubs
  • Annie Cooper’s Recipe Scrapbook
  • Contact me
Follow Lorie Smith Schaefer on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 727 other followers

Recent Posts

  • Quarantine Diary 10: Learning to survive lock-down
  • Mid-week Wisdom
  • What Queenie didn’t tell Harold
  • Losing a friend shouldn’t happen like this
  • Mid-week Wisdom

Tags

aging attitude book club book review Books change children COVID-19 education family feminism fiction friendship goals gratitude habits happy health HH4HH historical fiction history home humor Indie Author kindness learning lifelong learning love marriage mothers neighbors Nevada Nevada Appeal novel politics presidents quarantine reading religion retirement school travel truth Us, Now and Then values vote weight women women's fiction Writing

Goodreads

Tag: novel

Aren’t we all anxious people?
What I'm reading...

Aren’t we all anxious people?

“Sometimes two strangers only need one thing in common to find each other sympathetic.” Continue reading Aren’t we all anxious people?

Book Report: For the love of trees
What I'm reading...

Book Report: For the love of trees

“The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.” Continue reading Book Report: For the love of trees

A little shameless self-promotion
Us, Now & Then

A little shameless self-promotion

The story was inspired by an event in the life of my own lifelong best friend Continue reading A little shameless self-promotion

How do you get that novel out of your head and onto the page? NaNo.
What I'm writing...

How do you get that novel out of your head and onto the page? NaNo.

With some trepidation, I’ve signed up to do NaNoWriMo again this year. If you’re not familiar, it’s one month (November) … Continue reading How do you get that novel out of your head and onto the page? NaNo.

Read the first chapter here for free!
Us, Now & Then

Read the first chapter here for free!

Cliare’s connection to Libby had been formed in the primordial mud pie of early childhood. Continue reading Read the first chapter here for free!

Friday Field Trip: Yorba Linda, California
Us, Now & Then

Friday Field Trip: Yorba Linda, California

Sam Wylder is Clarie Jordan’s love interest in Us, Now and Then. He lives in the North Orange County town … Continue reading Friday Field Trip: Yorba Linda, California

Friday Field Trip: Bordewich Bray School
Us, Now & Then

Friday Field Trip: Bordewich Bray School

Bordewich Bray School sits in the heart of historic Carson City, near the old St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church … Continue reading Friday Field Trip: Bordewich Bray School

Friday Field Trip: St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, California
Us, Now & Then

Friday Field Trip: St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, California

When the fictional Sam Wylder’s father is ill in 1972, he’s treated at the very real St. Jude Hospital in … Continue reading Friday Field Trip: St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, California

Snippets of seven reviews for US, NOW AND THEN
Us, Now & Then

Snippets of seven reviews for US, NOW AND THEN

“Dialogue pitch perfect. Characters and family dynamics so well portrayed. Anyone can relate.” Continue reading Snippets of seven reviews for US, NOW AND THEN

No coincidence, no story
What I'm reading...

No coincidence, no story

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Lisa See has done it again. I’ve enjoyed all her books, but this one … Continue reading No coincidence, no story

Posts navigation

Older posts
Website Powered by WordPress.com.
Cancel

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Loading Comments...
Comment
    ×