Research – it’s more than Google and Wikipedia.
I love Google and Wikipedia as much as the next guy, but if you are going to write historical fiction, you better be prepared to understand the facts and details from the era in which …
Research – Books
Books A treasure trove of written materials exists on the Civil War era ranging from memoirs to historical fiction to academic writings dating from the time of the conflict up until today. Below, you’ll find examples …
Becoming a writer
Hattie’s War is my first novel. I’m almost 70 years old. I have always wanted to be a writer but have never found a path to pursue that dream. Growing up, I wasn’t interested in …
How To Use This Website
Historical fiction for young readers (and old too!) Hattie’s War is a historical fiction novel. That means the book is a fictional story based on real historical events, in this case, events associated with the …
Anatomy Of The Cover
Cover is everything these days in book publishing. Think about it, when you’re browsing the bookshelves at the library, local bookstore, or on Amazon, it’s a book’s cover that draws your attention if only for …
Civil War Books for Young Readers
The American Civil War is the most studied and written about event in human history. It’s estimated that over 60,000 books have been written about the war. Dozens of books are being published every year …
Never Stop Digging!
One thing I’ve learned in writing Hattie’s War is never stop digging. Time and again, often when I least expected it, a new tidbit of information, a new resource, or person, would emerge to fill …
Photos and Drawings… the gory details
The Civil War was the first war to be photo-documented, leaving us with a vast collection of graphic imagery of the horrors of warfare. The best-known photographer of the war was Mathew Brady, but there …
Who, When, Where
It’s said that no other topic has more written about it than the American Civil War. Every aspect of the war has been documented, dissected, debated, and written about for the last 150 years. …
Hannibal Howell
Long before beginning work on Hattie’s War, I spent considerable time digging for information about Hannibal Howell, my great-great-great grandfather. There are tidbits of information about him, but not much. If Hannibal hadn’t served in the Civil …