Confession: I hate personality tests. And so I have never taken one. Until now. Some of you will have seen my Facebook post last month in which I mentioned I’d taken a personality test (a free version based on the Myers-Briggs system) despite years of prejudice against them. I promised a blog post explaining what …….Read More
Category: Research
Posts related to research for writing projects
Do You Know How to Fly This Thing?
“Put down that book and learn something!” When I was a kid that sentence could easily have been addressed to me many, many times. I loved reading. Loved it with a consuming passion that the rest of the world generally reserves for other human beings, (but fellow bookworms will totally understand). Before I even reached …….Read More
Those Who Forget the Past…
I have a problem with the young people these days. Even though I happen to be one of them. Actually, I have several problems. They call us “The Millennial Generation” because we were born within a few decades of the millennium. Trouble is, a lot of us seem to operate under the assumption that we …….Read More
Once Upon a Windmill
Confession: I’ve never been to England. I’ve been to Germany, France, Belgium, the Ukraine, and all over the United States, but somehow I’ve never made it to England. Suddenly though, now that I’m writing a story which partially happened there, I’d very much like to go! I sit back and imagine what I’d want to …….Read More
Fred Overall: WWII Veteran and Inspiration
In honor of Veteran’s Day this week, I wanted to share another picture of Fred Overall, the WWll veteran whose story I am currently adapting into a biographical novel. I am so grateful to all the men and women who have sacrificed to protect this country since it was founded. Without them, who knows where we’d …….Read More
Research and Red Lipstick
“Fräulein.” At first I only half-heard the German soldier. I was busy talking to a few of my friends as we stood on the street-corner near the bombed-out café, our hair rolled up stylishly and our lips all sporting various shades of bright red lipstick. “Fräulein!” The tone became more imperious. I glanced toward the …….Read More