Guest Post: A Visit to Shirley Plantation by Carrie Fancett Pagels
#History #NovelResearch #Writing #ShirleyPlantation Historical writers love history. We explore it through various means: online resources, physical books and biographies, old (primary) resources such as journals and official records, and personal visits to locations where that history took place. Today,…
Research: A Nightmare or a Dream? by Carole Brown
Today, author Carole Brown gives readers insight into the research writers must go through to write about a subject or location new to them. Welcome, Carole! Writing is hard work. Or so they say. For one thing, everything a writer pens…
Seriously Write: It’s Fantasy. Why Do I Need To Research?
Everyone knows worlds, creatures, environments are made up in some science fiction and fantasy. So why research? Today on Seriously Write, author Kat Heckenbach talks about what it took to create her fantasy novels. If you’re a writer, what is…
Historical Flavors: 1875 July 4th Celebration in Atlanta
In 1875, Georgia’s Atlanta Herald put together a pamphlet about that year’s Independence Day celebration. Inside, they included articles they had published about the schedule and letters from notables who were invited. During the ten years after the war, celebrating…