Welcome to my author website! Over 35+ years, I’ve written articles and books on parenting, writing, and inspirational themes. Historical narrative nonfiction & vintage science fiction are my current passions.

l admit that sounds like a weird mix. But I like variety!

I tend to rearrange my furniture and art periodically. I take alternate routes when driving to familiar places. So I also switch up what I write about–but do get fully immersed in each project, usually ending in publication.

You can imagine how excited I got when I inherited a bunch of family papers, with fabulous stories among them. 100-year-old letters and diaries—even original vintage fiction manuscripts (many previously published in the 1960s) have become fodder for new articles and books.

Here’s what you’ll find here at CrossConnectMedia.com (site tabs and directory):

A BLOG page: with new posts 1-4 times per month.

Blog topics vary, with my 2024 focus on a mix of historical fun and vintage sci-fi info and links. If you’d like to see a pictorial directory of all posts here and also on other websites, see my JournoPortfolio page, which you can also Subscribe to.

A 1920s HISTORICAL page: including tales of my American grandparents’ years in British Raj India (1923-1933.)

I also have stories from the late 1800s, as my family tree contains many fascinating characters.

A 1960s SCI-FI: Reawakened Worlds page: about the stories of John Hayden Howard and new anthologies of his works.

Also known as Hayden Howard, he was a popular science fiction author and award nominee in the 1960s. He was known internationally, including in the US, UK, Australia, and Italy, and Estonia. As his literary executor (he was my stepfather) I’ve compiled his short stories into the Reawakened Worlds anthology series (Vol One, 2023; Vol Two, 2024; WildBlue Press.)

My PUBLICATIONS page: lists books I’ve authored and others I have contributed to, plus magazines I’ve written for.

Some of those magazines had circulations of 300,00 to a million readers at the time. My favorite letter of all time was from a woman in the Philippines, who wrote me about my first book The Power of Parent-Child Play. She and I have now been Facebook friends for 21 years!

Another memorable moment was finding my book in a bookmobile in New Zealand, circulating among the Maori people. My most fun magazine article was about a Norwegian athlete in the Lillehammer Olympic Winter Games, who I interviewed at her home in Norway.

My CONTACT page.

You can also find me on X at @LaurieSargent, and my FB page, Laurie Winslow Sargent, Author for Readers, Writers, & the Eternally Curious.

A PARENTING page: with links to blog posts on my separate parenting site.

That site is not updated often, but still has some perennial parenting helps. See too on Amazon the Kindle edition of my book Delight in Your Child’s Design. The original paperback of that book (OOP) which received international attention, was with Tyndale House Publishers. This updated Kindle version is with EA Books Publishing.

A WRITING TIPS page: with links to blog posts on writing and selling nonfiction magazine articles and books.

Some of those posts were originally handouts for my Sell Your Nonfiction writing workshops, which I taught at writers’ conferences and community colleges in three states, with tips also discussed in various radio interviews.

I currently live with my husband in NE Florida. We are the proud parents of three amazing young adults and six grandchildren whose individual personalities are fascinating and fun.

I hope you enjoy my site, and I LOVE it when people comment on my posts!

Laurie