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Family history can help fiction writing!

Family history can help fiction writing!

For years, well, decades, I’ve enjoyed genealogy, and so has my aunt, my dad’s father. She’s been the keeper of most of their parents’ photographs and has researched–the old-fashioned way, by visiting cemeteries and county clerk offices–a lot of the Wanrow family history. In preparing for an upcoming visit with her, I reviewed sets of […]

Steam-powered Sawmill Stories on History Undressed

Steam-powered Sawmill Stories on History Undressed

Where do authors find the realistic details for their novels? For me, family stories of my grandfather’s steam-powered sawmill tickled my imagination for my steampunk fantasy novel, The Unraveling. Those stories and how I used them are featured in a two part series on History Undressed. Visit with me: Tuesday, 7/21: Steampunk Lessons from a […]