Two things shape my novel (and the series): the American Revolution and Shakespeare. If you’ve read my previous two blogs, you know my reasons for choosing to use the American Revolution as the setting, but why incorporate Shakespeare into my novel? Why not? I supposed …
Read MoreWhy write the American Revolution? Part 2: The Passion
In my previous blog post, I wrote about the practical reasons for choosing to set my novel during the American Revolution. In this post, I’m writing about the passion behind the practical. This is also my reasoning for why you should care about—and want to …
Read MoreWhy write the American Revolution? Part 1: The Practical
Perhaps you are wondering why, out of all the time periods in which I could have chosen to set a novel, why did I choose the American Revolution? I am going to answer that in two posts, the practical and the passion behind the practical, …
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