Pitching, Panels, and Prose
/This could be you. At a little, round table with an agent to make an in-person pitch. Washington Writers Conference, May 4-5.
Read MoreBlogging about abolitionist Julia Wilbur, the Civil War, Alexandria, women's rights, and more
This could be you. At a little, round table with an agent to make an in-person pitch. Washington Writers Conference, May 4-5.
Read MoreThere's been a lot in the paper lately about Freedom House in Alexandria. Here's some background.
Read MoreAn evening with Nikki O'Dell, who portrayed Harriet Jacobs in the PBS documentary Slavery and the Making of America.
Read MoreA great trip to Pennsylvania, New York, and Connecticut, with lots of connections and conversations.
Read MoreWe all have our particular interests.
Read MoreNo, the GG bridge wasn't built in the Civil War, but the Presidio was up and running.
Read MoreDecember 31, 1859, was a sad milestone for Julia Wilbur, but one that propelled her in a very different direction.
Read MoreHot Christmas gift in 1853-1854: Autographs for Freedom, compiled by the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society.
Read MoreDaryl and Diane Sannes' generosity calls attention to Minnesotans who fought at Gettysburg and suffered a horrific casualty rate. And it turns out that their own home has a connection to two members of the regiment, one of whom died in the battle.
Read MoreWant to give someone a signed copy of A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time from afar? Here's the solution
Read MoreIn 1861, Julia Wilbur celebrated Thanksiving quietly in New York State. The following year was a different story.
Read MoreContemplating the role of Dr. Samuel Mudd in the Lincoln assassination, while surrounded by his and his family's possessions.
Read MoreLance Mallamo helped a rapt audience "find" some pieces of lost Alexandria.
Read More"Murder, aristocracy, recluses, and goats"--and race relations in this book by Karen L. Cox.
Read MoreI hope my guest blog for the University of Nebraska Press gives you some useful tips to go from diary pages to a narrative.
Read MoreWatch my conversation with Bjorn Skaptason on Author's Voice at Chicago's Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.
Read MoreAnna Lynch (1925-2017), much loved and respected, honored at the Lyceum on September 23.
Read MoreFew first-person accounts by USCT are known, which is why the diary of Sgt. Major Christian Fleetwood caught my interest.
Read Morei got to volunteer at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities' booth at the National Book Festival.
Read MoreMeredith Barber on the history of the Athenaeum building in Old Town Alexandria.
Read MorePaula Tarnapol Whitacre's website with a focus on her forthcoming biography on abolitionist Julia Wilbur.