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As a curious observer of life, I blog on writing, marketing, my prairie - anything that interests me in the moment. I like to have conversations with readers, so don’t hesitate to leave a comment. I'll respond.

Doing what they can for the war

By Carol / 11 November 2013 /

Before women were on the battlefield, they played an important role Whether on the battlefield or on the home front, women have been involved in supporting war efforts since the beginning of time. In honor…

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If you read historical fiction, let your voice be heard

By Carol / 22 October 2013 /

The 2013 Historical Fiction Reader Survey is underway. More than 1,400 people have participated so far. More is better. Here’s the info. Click on the title to get to the A Writer of History site…

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Small bits of happy chance

By Carol / 09 October 2013 /

Serendipity – the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. Hannibal Smith of the TV show “The A Team” used to say, “I love it when a plan comes…

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Why do we smile?

By Carol / 05 August 2013 /

Line up for a photo. Someone says, “Say cheese!” Everyone grins. It’s automatic, isn’t it?  But it wasn’t always so. Until 1900,  smiles in photographs were as rare as hen’s teeth. Research into early 20th…

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The greatest invention of all time

By Carol / 29 July 2013 /

We lost electrical power Saturday. A little after noon, the TV went off, the fan stopped turning, the oven stopped heating, the clocks stopped ticking off seconds. In that moment, modern life as we know…

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Getting the historical details right

By Carol / 18 July 2013 /

Did farm women wear corsets in 1913? Is there a particular name for the everyday dresses they wore? How many acres could a farmer plant in a day and what was the equipment like? How…

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The Everyday Stories of Family Life

By Carol / 01 July 2013 /

  I did not have an extraordinary childhood. Not in the blow your mind, Angela’s Ashes, bestseller memoir sense.  I grew up on a small dairy farm with my mom and dad and two sisters,…

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"Food will win the war" – Women & WWI

By Carol / 18 June 2013 /

My novel set during WWI has had me digging into how the war affected Americans in their everyday lives. A popular women’s magazine of the era, Ladies Home Journal showed that even before the United…

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What is the value of a letter?

By Carol / 10 June 2013 /

When I was a kid growing up on the farm in the 1950s, I waited everyday for the mailman to stop at our mailbox. It wasn’t as though anyone was going to write to me,…

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History wrapped in a gripping story – Author David Lawlor

By Carol / 02 May 2013 /

I’m pleased to welcome Irish author David Lawlor to my blog today. For anyone with an interest in historical fiction, WWI, and action/adventure stories, this will be a treat.  Lawlor’s just-released novel THE GOLDEN GRAVE…

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