Newest Book Just Released!
Join me at Barnes & Nobles in Medford, Oregon to learn more about this memoir on Saturday, November 3rd, from 2-4:00 Hope to see you there!
Article in Barr’s Postcard News!
Monday, September 10, 2018 the Barr’s Postcard News will include the article I wrote about the Great White Fleet as well as postcards from my collection. An ad for my book, Dearest Minnie, will appear in the back of the magazine. Anyone interested in postcards, their clubs, and shows; this is a great publication.
Wanted to share a critique for Dearest Minnie
Leslie Compton has created a jewel from inherited period post cards and her extensive research! The result, Dearest Minnie, is an enjoyable and informative read. With the backdrop of a budding courtship, we see the Great White Fleet’s interactions with more than twenty cultures and ports around the world. All of this is through the eyes of an actual sailor, John Maurice Blair, in his posts to Minnie Camp. Leslie’s book is a wonderful opportunity to better understand the early…
Welcome to Spring!
I’m excited to tell you that my publisher has accepted my next book, That’s Just the Way Life Is. This is very different from Dearest Minnie, it is a memoir chronicling my father’s battle with cancer. I wrote this book to help me and others heal from a tragic event. I also wrote this to be used as an instructional manual for those who are or will be caregivers whether by choice or necessity. This work concludes with thoughtful discussion…
What a Find!
Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet class ended a few weeks ago with Cosco’s fabulous chocolate chip cookies! A good time was had by all. In the very early years of 2000, I met Les Cowman living in Australia, through eBay. He liked the idea of a book written about the Great White Fleet using postcards published during that time. He copied his huge collection of GWF Australian cards and sent them to me for my book. Then I lost track…
Happy New Year!
As we venture into 2018, I want to thank all of you who have supported me this past year through the bumpy ‘learning curve’ of, how to promote my book. I learned to feel more comfortable talking in front of strangers, preparing better talks, traveling and eating alone and to not feel personally offended when after an hour of speaking about the content of my book, people smile and walk away–not an easy task. Do I have the energy, the…
San Francisco Postcard Club
June 24, 2017, I was invited to give a talk about my newest book, Dearest Minnie. I used my computer and their large screen to show slides of the postcards when the fleet visited California, specifically San Francisco Bay Area. My brother and sister-in-law graciously drove me to the event as I didn’t have a clue how to find my way in San Francisco. What a fun and attentive group of people. Their meetings are held at Fort Mason in San…