Even the best writers can learn from others tips and tricks and ideas for how to conquer the empty page. I love recommending my favorite writing books, singling out a specific title here and there depending on what the writer needs. Focus, editing, plot––there is something for every part of the process. I’m recommending these […]
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Writing Tip: The Importance of Using Newspapers for Research
The Importance of Using Newspapers for Research Reconstructing a Family Member’s Life Story through Newspaper Research As a family history researcher with almost twenty years of experience, I can say that genealogy research sites and online databases are better now than ever. And with all sorts of new technology designed especially for family […]
Writing Tip: How to Write About the Past
Why the past is the toughest assignment of them all… Writing Tip: How to Write About the Past “Don’t you know, you can’t go home again,” as Thomas Wolfe was famously warned, but I have done so, for my writerly sins, returning at the age of thirty-five with my young family to the small rural […]