Writing books for kids in a time of war
March 8, 2022
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I can only speak for myself but these days as I sit at my desk and try (emphasis, try) to write while a wicked war rages is Europe, is not easy.
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Submitting a manuscript
March 1, 2022
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In all this, I am urging that there be nothing about your manuscript that inhibits the reader from reading it. That is, after all, the point.
This is not about writers’ block
February 22, 2022
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One of the questions I am almost always asked is, “Do you ever have writers’ block?” I heard it just the other day.
Manuscript ghosts
February 15, 2022
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In the process of rewriting and revision, there is a myriad of line and word changes. That goes without saying. But quite often there are much bigger alterations.
Publication Day: Loyalty
February 8, 2022
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February 8, 2022. This is publication day for my new book, Loyalty (Clarion). Publication Day is often a day for some (mild) celebration.
Researching the details
February 8, 2022
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If one bothers to read the reviews of my historical fiction or the letters that my readers write to me, you will note the constant comments about the many details I put in my books. Reviewers appreciate them. My readers seem to love them.
A writer in rehab
February 5, 2022
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When snow began to fall I thought I’d beat the worst of it by going on my regular walk about. Three quarters of my way I slipped on ice, fell, and—I could barely walk.
National histories
February 1, 2022
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Could I write an engaging, exciting story about a teenage boy who comes from a family of Massachusetts loyalists, suffers the consequences of that at the hands of rebels only to become caught up in the roiling buildup toward the war for independence?
Writing historical fiction
January 25, 2022
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Over the years I’ve written three novels about the American Revolution. Why the fascination with history? There is the obvious: history provides great stories. Not dates and battles, but human stories.
Reading my manuscript to my wife
January 18, 2022
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I’m at that point in working on a new book when I ask my wife if I can read the manuscript to her. This is not a casual moment. Aside from being very smart, my wife is patient.