Learning the Hard Way

by | Mar 4, 2020 | Uncategorized

Having finished the books that were burning inside me, I’ve recently been spending some time learning about how to write, promote, and sell books. Maybe I have things backwards, but there’s a reason I called my first autobiographical book, “Ireentje Learns the Hard...

A Walk Down Memory Lane

by | Feb 19, 2020 | Uncategorized

Over the past few days, I’ve been working on a new book: ‘Ireentje Makes Waves: The Adventures of a Dutch Immigrant Child in Iowa’. Such fun to allow my mind to wander back to those days in Iowa before I reached my teens. So instructional to realize that some of the...

Sample Chapter from ‘Ireentje Makes Waves’

by | Feb 11, 2020 | Uncategorized

Soon after meeting Robbie, Jamie invited him to join his cub scout troop. Robbie loved it, especially when a zookeeper visited the troop. He talked all about the animals. Then he told the children that the Des Moines Zoo was opening up a snake exhibit. They needed...
Hello World!

Hello World!

by | Feb 9, 2020 | Uncategorized

I’m not sure why WordPress starts its blogs like that, but being unable to think of a more suitable title, I’m leaving it as is. Of course, seeing as this website is promoting a book series and me as an author, it’d be very nice if the whole world...