Tag: WWII

(2) Writing historical fiction: What’s in a name?

Posted on March 30, 2020 by

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In book three, with a possible working title “The White Flash Made By Little Boy,” the year is 1942 and the setting is the Philippine jungle on the Bataan Penninsula. The principal character in Chapter 1 is Barbara Kiss. You met her before found…

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Cindy’s Newsletter

Posted on February 27, 2020 by

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The process of writing historical fiction is a fun undertaking. Share the experience with me. My goal is to send each email subscriber a monthly newsletter that focuses on the research of creating novel three including trivia surrounding World War 2.  I invite you to…

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Book 3: WWII research, POW Nurses, Bataan

Posted on December 27, 2019 by

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While conducting research about the American WWII nurses who survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific, Mary Cronk Farrell’s Pure Grit is informative and detailing. In January 1941, orders are given for the U.S. Army General Hospital no.2, to move ten miles down a…

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