FACTS are stranger than HISTORICAL FICTION

HARD CHOICE: BEST COVER FOR MY NEXT NOVEL WHICH ONE DO YOU LIKE BEST? THE NOVEL HAS A SPLIT SETTING: CONTEMPORARY L.A./18TH CENTURY LONDON.

FILET OF SALMON OVER TORONTO?  [Photo and caption by Karin MacHardy]

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