by Heather Hambel Curley | Jun 30, 2012 | Civil War, history, Writing
Writing what you know. It’s the topic of blog posts, articles, seminars, workshops, conventions, chapters in books, whole books. You get the picture. They say (whoever they is) your best writing will be what you know. Or, along those same lines, your passion....
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jun 25, 2012 | Writing
It’s time to get excited and to get to Nashville for the first ever UtopYA Con, which is the convention for female, paranormal/fantasy young adult authors and readers who love them. It will be held at the Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville, TN on July 6-8, 2012....
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jun 24, 2012 | Civil War, history
I am not a fan of Joshua Chamberlain. During the Battle of Gettysburg, the 20th Maine was the end of the Union line, the “far left” if you will, and stationed on Little Round Top (not that you care, but Little Round Top wasn’t actually called Little...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jun 21, 2012 | Randomness, Writing
Damn you, spell check. So, I wrote an email to a client today. It was just a standard work email: thanks for this, plans for that. Sent. But then I realized I had forgotten an item. So I had to write a second email, with apologies for the inconvenience of two emails....
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jun 14, 2012 | history, Writing
Not that it needs reiterated, but I love the American Civil War. The Hubs and I have an entire bookcase dedicated to Civil War (nonfiction) books. I’m writing a novel about the Civil War, I blog about the Civil War, I’ve been known to reenact the Civil...