by Margaret | May 2, 2014 | process
I’ve seen several lists pop up lately, humorously cataloguing the phases through which the author must pass to complete the work of a book. And I think to myself about all the things I do to get a book out there, and it’s quite a lot. At the outset of my...
by Margaret | Apr 24, 2014 | language
I am reading Evangeline for some side research for my current book, and loved chancing upon this phrase this morning: “the odorous cornloft” Love that, Mr. Longfellow! It’s the simple things…
by Margaret | Apr 21, 2014 | writing life
I recently gave myself a free pass to buy a heap of books. You know, for research purposes. One of the first I tore through was Sometimes the Magic Works, by Terry Brooks, which I bought from the Cannon Beach Book Company (of Cannon Beach, OR). It is a book about...
by Margaret | Apr 8, 2014 | Titbits
Have you ever wondered about the time it took for people to move around in Ye Ole Days? Last month I attended a lecture put on by SASS, where one of the speakers spoke about the Hindenburg, the rigid airship that had revolutionized trans-Atlantic travel in the early...
by Margaret | Mar 10, 2014 | Titbits
Welcome to my new website. To celebrate its birth, I am launching a new series of blog posts, called Titbits. This will be a collection of both esoteric and once-commonly known facts of history that I unearth in my research for various fiction and historical fiction...
