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I write historical fiction about underrecognized populations and the interesting connections I learn along the way.
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The ‘Petticoat Rulers’ (opens the original)
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Jackson Wyoming was a rugged town with little infrastructure until their 1920 election, when they told every man on their town council to hit the road and replaced them with women.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="920" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fet
Writing in Exile (opens the original)
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A couple of months ago I posted about some famous writing groups and the published work that came from their collaborations.Today we’re going to learn about some writers that created a different kind of writing circle. One formed out of necessity and circumstance.Take a seat, let’s get into it.Known as the “burnt authors,” their union was brough about by the rise of fascism and the compulsion to leave their homeland.When Hitler became chancellor of Germany in January 1933, the ground shifted und
Not So Little Women (opens the original)
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Far too many writers are relegated to their most famous, often only recognizable, work when in fact most have a catalogue of published writing.Louisa May Alcott, best known for writing Little Women, is no exception. She was a renowned author in her time, but has fallen victim to her name being mentioned only from one famous work at present. She also wrote thrillers, poetry, children’s stories and was considered “American Bloomsbury.”<a class="image-link image2 is-v
The Other Publishing Houses (opens the original)
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My first published short story (opens the original)
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Hi gang!Big day for an emerging writer today. My very first short story to ever publish released in the Freedom Fiction Journal.Take a gander!Disclaimer: it’s dark, technically horror genre. As I’ve said before, your girl’s got range.Murder in the Skies by Valerie Thornton<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79ES!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpubl
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