Preserving Research Materials from Grandma’s Attic In our digital age of record keeping, photography, e-books, AI, and privacy controls, what will access to firsthand accounts of history look like for the next generation of historical fiction writers? With most of the Greatest Generation gone, the “Depression babies,” who seemingly saved everything, are Boomers’ attics, basements, and storage units filled to the same extent with personal histories stored in diaries,…

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How It Started…How It’s Going

As I hit the 100 days until release mark today for my debut novel, I’ve paused to reflect on how my journey started. Or, maybe more appropriately, the path I unlocked for myself. Although formal writing of The Unlocked Path began with my enrollment in a Creative Writing class five years ago, followed by intensive…

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