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Let’s talk about wills

The idea for my first two published books, Taylor’s Law and Grace Under Fire—The Anderson Sisters came from the question of inheritance and succession for farming families. Wills are often messy, but they can be even messier when farms are involved. Worse, if no will exists. Rifts open in families that never heal. At the time I was writingContinue reading “Let’s talk about wills”

What’s so special about a table? (aka Quinn, by design)

Absolutely everything. In Quinn, by design—Choosing Family Book 2, one of Niall Quinn’s major creations is a table made from a single bark to bark piece of Huon pine (pictured on my website jenniferrainesauthor.com). The Huon pine or Macquarie pine, Lagarostrobos franklinii, is a species of conifer native to the wet southwestern corner of Tasmania, Australia. While known as a pine, it’sContinue reading “What’s so special about a table? (aka Quinn, by design)”