DC Writers' Homes: Who Slept (and Wrote) Here?
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What do Langston Hughes, Myrna Loy, and Blanca Verala have in common? They all lived in D.C., as did hundreds more writers you do and do not already know.
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Lincoln's Generals' Wives: A Conversation with Candice Shy Hooper
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One great benefit in writing about Julia Wilbur has been talking with other authors about their biographies. Such as—Candice Shy Hooper, author of Lincoln’s Generals’ Wives.
Read MoreTurning Your Idea into a Book...or Something Else
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Here’s a short hand-out that I used at a writing-for-publication workshop last week.
Read MoreA Q and A with Jessica Ziparo, Author of This Grand Experiment
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In which I learn more from the author about the life of female government employees (including Julia Wilbur) in the 1860s.
Read MoreWashington Writers Conference 2018
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My own panel, and lots more learned (and a shot in the arm) from colleagues.
Read MorePitching, Panels, and Prose
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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 MoreHoliday Gift, 1850s: Autographs for Freedom
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Hot Christmas gift in 1853-1854: Autographs for Freedom, compiled by the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society.
Read MoreBook Plates from Afar
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Want to give someone a signed copy of A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time from afar? Here's the solution
Read MoreFrom Diary to Biography
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I hope my guest blog for the University of Nebraska Press gives you some useful tips to go from diary pages to a narrative.
Read MoreNational Book Festival: At the Virginia Booth
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i got to volunteer at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities' booth at the National Book Festival.
Read MoreQ-and-A with Pamela Toler, author of Heroines of Mercy Street
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Historian and author Pamela Toler posed some questions to me about Julia Wilbur and Civil War Alexandria.
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Writers Talk at the Gaithersburg Book Festival
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A pearl of wisdom here, a comment there, by authors at the Gaithersburg Book Festival.
Read More10 Tips for Using Archives
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So many boxes, so little time! How to make the best use of a trip to an archives.
Read MoreWhat Lies Beneath?
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What will a trip to the Kiplinger Library at the DC Historical Society (future home of an Apple Store) reveal?
Read MoreJulia Ward Howe & Julia Wilbur
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Julia Ward Howe & Julia Wilbur traveled in different circles--but they did connect at least once.
Read MoreHeroines of Mercy Street Revisited
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A few notes from Heroines of Mercy Street, by Pamela Toler.
Read MoreDoes Your Next (or First) Book Lie Here?
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Does your next (or first) book lie behind this door? Learn a bit about the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress.
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2016 & 1866, Washington, DC
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Washington, DC, September 24, 2016--opening of African American History Museum and Library of Congress Book Festival. September 24, 1866--visits to Andrew Johnson and a cure for a "secret disease"
Read MoreSame Blog, New Site
/I began this blog at the end of 2014 on a Wordpress site. Thanks to all who have read and commented on it.
Now, I'll be blogging. here. You can still let me know if you want a notification when I've added a new post, and I still welcome your comments.