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eilene lyon author speaker family historian eilene lyon author speaker family historian menu skip to content home blog my books my books reviews and interviews published articles about about amazon author page my reads book reviews article reviews film reviews creative writing haiku essays presentations contact author of fortune s frenzy a california gold rush odyssey hi my name is eilene and i write history and biography when i was in 6th grade i fancied myself a fiction writer the gateway drug this came out in the form of a short horror story i wrote about dale the boy i d had a crush on since 3rd grade one of my proudest moments up to then was beating dale in the final round of the 3 rd grade spelling bee my spelling skills have declined ever since you can see the story here the reason the paper is so crinkled is that dale was not amused by my creative efforts he wadded up my little masterpiece and threw it at me always a critic read the transcript and the sequel after that i turned my efforts toward keeping a diary a habit i ve retained off and on my earliest diaries are actually quite amusing excerpts coming i also like to do morning pages introduced to me by julia cameron in the artist s way i usually do a bit of reading before putting pen to paper current news a poem philosophy essays and or book chapters rarely do i hit three written pages cameron s prescribed amount usually it s just two or one or none but these jottings help me come up with ideas for newsletters and short pieces if you d like to read the pithy essays that come out of my morning pages you can subscribe to my monthly newsletter in them you will find life stories event news genealogy and writing tips and more past issues are available on the subscribe page you can learn more about me or my books learn more in reviews and interviews the my reads page is where i post book reviews and a few other items i also have a blog site where i ve been writing on a wide range of subjects since 2018 finally i am also a public speaker learn more on my presentations page available now don t miss this true story about desperately poor indiana farmers using shady financing to make their way to california during the gold rush and the devastating impacts to their families and their futures fortune s frenzy relates previously untold aspects of the gold rush how the wealthy took advantage of gold fever by offering usurious loans and how the cold calculus of transporting people to california became a deadly game for profit isbn 978 1493070060 all content on eilenelyon com is 2023 2026 by eilene lyon no material from this website may be copied without permission create a website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed eilene lyon sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy eilene lyon subscribe subscribed sign up log in copy shortlink report this content view post in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email name website