Over the past year-and-a-half I have shared nine posts from KPW350, a series founded by Bristol Historical and Preservation Society of Rhode Island which followed the day- to-day historical events that occurred during King Philip’s War (1675-76). I selected specific posts because they highlighted the parallels between the true history of that traumatic confrontation of Native Americans and English colonists and the narrative contained in my historical novel Conflicting Roots

The beheading of Pocasset tribe’s female leader Weetamoo on August 6, 1676 is one of the most shocking scenes in my historical novel Conflicting Roots (2025, Maine Authors Publishing). In this post by KPW350, the mutilation and subsequent display of her head on a pole in Taunton expose the reality of brutality during King Philip’s War.

Readers of my novel Conflicting Roots may remember the significance of the Taunton River in southeastern Massachusetts for native Wampanoag people. It was in this small river that the beheaded body of one of the main characters was found floating. In this recall of a tragic event in the factual history of King Philip’s War by KPW350, we learn why Captain Benjamin Church was known as Plymouth Colony’s “Indian Fighter.”

Author Robert W Spencer shares his July event schedule.

In this excerpt from Conflicting Roots (2025, Maine Authors Publishing) Weetamoo, an historical participant in King Philip’s War (1675-76), shows her strength and wisdom. I hope you enjoy this excerpt from the novel. “MOO! Moo! Moo! Moo!” Weetamoo’s older brothers and male cousins shouted at her derisively, imitating the foolish noises made by herds of lazy cows owned by white settlers. She raced along the beach just a stride behind her cousin Metacom. The noisy boys hoped to

Will the struggle between Lizzie and Aphia, that began earlier in the Lizzie Millett series, ever be resolved? Although Francena Hallett’s Heart (2023, Maine Authors Publishing) is the story of Franny’s coming-of-age, this conflict adds great drama. Francena Hallett's Heart is the third book in the Lizzie Millett Series. I hesitate to say the last. But, more on that to come. I hope you enjoy this excerpt from the novel. Prologue Aphia Stevens is bored to distraction. In seven

A struggle between Lizzie Millett and nemesis Aphia Stevens is, in this author’s opinion, one of the most dramatic elements of the novel PROSPECTS, Mining Maine for Riches (2020, Maine Authors Publishing). In this excerpt from my novel PROSPECTS, Mining Maine for Riches (2020, Maine Authors Publishing) is a scene in the dramatic struggle between seamstress Lizzie Millett and nemesis Aphia Stevens. You can read last week’s excerpt from The Spinster’s Hope Chest – first title i

This opening scene from the narrative of The Spinster’s Hope Chest (Maine Authors Publishing, 2018) reveals the difficulties of rural life for the Millett sisters at the end of the Civil War. Resolution of their problems is the arc on which The three-volume Lizzie Millett Series is built.

When I anxiously await arrival of something so important, I can come to wonder what went wrong. Did the printer run out of my selected paper color? Did a larger order get pushed ahead of me? Yet, all such concerns quickly dissolve in the sweat generated by carrying the book boxes to my storage room and running to my local stores and libraries to make sure they have my latest title. Not to mention the sweat and muscle aches of stocking four cords of wood. DELIVERY When will my

Every time the truck is filled it is a test for its carrying capacity. Every time a new novel is submitted to my publisher Maine Authors Publishing, my doubts and worries about acceptance are also tested. Have I done enough to make it possible for the editor and designer to turn my rough work into a book which readers will enjoy? AND, how long will it take to finish creation of my masterpiece? LOADING THE TRUCK (Editing and design) The truck is finally back. Its capacity has