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writing historical fiction
The Fiction Writer’s Perspective: Live from the TCPL
by, Danielle Sherwood
October 1, 2011

I’m not a fiction writer. I stick to what I know and what I know is English literature and social media. Yet this past week, I attended a workshop at the Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL) on writing historical fiction.  On Wednesday night I assisted Jill Swenson, the host and experienced writer, editor and CEO of Swenson Book Development LLC. It was the last meeting… [Read More]

Filed Under: agents, author platforms, changing market, Community, face-to-face interaction, historians, Mavens, Publishers, self-confidence, Social Media, tips and tools, Tompkins County Public Library, virtual interaction, writer's workshops, writing groups, writing historical fiction
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A Straight-Edge Education
by, Danielle Sherwood
August 23, 2011

Until I picked up Eleanor Henderson’s Ten Thousand Saints, I had never heard the term “straight-edge,” much less anything about a movement of it. At first, I thought the world Henderson created was 100% fiction. I could not have been more wrong. This is understandable, as I was born at the tail-end of all the action and, to add salt to the wound, I grew… [Read More]

Filed Under: 1980's American history, author events, book review, Buffalo Street Books, editing first drafts, Eleanor Henderson, hardcore and punk music, New York City, New York Times Sunday Book Review, research, straight-edge movement, teenage culture, writing historical fiction
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