tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post5820221509903116819..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Forgotten History by Kate Lord BrownMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-49934278719207510032014-03-22T13:57:54.447+00:002014-03-22T13:57:54.447+00:00I must find out about her, and read your book!I must find out about her, and read your book!Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-64569921253032795002014-03-22T13:21:02.839+00:002014-03-22T13:21:02.839+00:00
I agree Kate - there is nothing quite like speaki...<br />I agree Kate - there is nothing quite like speaking to someone who was actually there. For one of my books I spoke to survivors of the Blitz and they had lots of stories. I was a bit taken aback at some of the things they found funny, but then I remembered that they had been children at the time. It was very revealing re how families coped after being bombed out. Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-65879689297005582782014-03-22T09:03:50.137+00:002014-03-22T09:03:50.137+00:00Gerda Tarot is an echo for me from a time when I w...Gerda Tarot is an echo for me from a time when I was working with a film maker on a treatment for a film about Robert Capa that included Gerda and she figured right into my line of heroines. I too am fascinated by the era. I spent time in the film archives reviewing all the nitrate film and I think it was all the background material of my childhood. The music and newsreels resonant, Nice to see her name again, and yes,Ironically, she was a wonderful photographer. She was on her way home from the war when a freak accident ended her life.Ms.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09479767121319709878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-43693015370939995152014-03-22T02:04:21.941+00:002014-03-22T02:04:21.941+00:00Absolutely true! But if you need any information a...Absolutely true! But if you need any information about north central Illinois in 1969, you can ask me.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-2448930049792715202014-03-22T01:55:02.061+00:002014-03-22T01:55:02.061+00:00I actually like writing recent eras for the same r...I actually like writing recent eras for the same reason. The 1960s are in my lifetime and there are people I can talk to. I've done two short stories set in the 1960s, one in 1969, the second in 1964, both set in my hometown, Melbourne. The first time, I researched using newspapers of the time, including an article about a protest outside the US Consulate and behold! A workmate had been at that protest. The second time, about the Beatles visit to Melbourne, my brother-in-law said he'd been in that massive crowd outside their hotel and at their concert. Magic! You can't ask King Arthur's knights or interview Merln, eh? ;-)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-8501496409755473832014-03-22T01:37:09.047+00:002014-03-22T01:37:09.047+00:00You made me think about it differently. I was draw...You made me think about it differently. I was drawn to the King Arthur stories, but because they're myth, with new stories added all the time, I almost could have chosen my era. Instead I researched: what if such a man had lived? When would that have been and what was that era like to live in? My interest in the early 6th century was what my story led to, not what led me to my story.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.com