In The Flow of Time – February 17, 2025 The question: what did Benjamin Latrobe’s bell tower look like? Built in 1819-1820 on the church in New Orleans. The scene I’m working on is in July 1820. It’s a christening in the church. I have pics of the church before… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – February 14 2025 One of my fellow writers made a passing comment on the most recent chapter up for review, in which there is an offhand reference to the plague of mosquitoes. “Didn’t they have fine curtains?” To the residents of antebellum New Orleans,… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – February 8, 2025 I’m about to go climb into my imaginary world of 1818. Imaginary? This chapter is about a woman who escapes slavery by going to Mexico with her children. FACTSBenedicte dit Robinette was a slave, along with her son. Her mother bought… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – February 7, 2025 Major Savary made it into the story. He. Is. Awesome. Oh, and an immigrant to boot. The first Black man to achieve the rank of Major in the US Military. FACTSI’ve researched. The chaos of battle being what it is, no… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – February 1, 2025 I just finished a chapter. Along the way, a possibility arose. Hmmm, this could be fun. I’ve dug into all kinds of rabbit holes. I learn things, I take notes. Along the way I see FACT, and I think to myself,… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – January 26, 2025 A risk of good historical fiction is the author dumps tons and tons of research on you. My writing friends have hammered on me for that. Good historical fiction is not a recitation of facts, it’s a story. So here I… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – January 24, 2025 It is 1817. The current scene involve a doctor’s establishment, and a slave pen. What did people, circa 1820, call these places? Dr. Josias Kerr, my character, is historical. He’s from Northern Ireland, arrived with the British assault in 1815, as… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – January 21, 2025 I find the whole process of writing to be a fascinating mental exercise, hence these posts. I do it, and while I do it I watch me do it. Sometimes I do my best writing in the shower. And I love… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – January 13, 2025 This sojourn into the art of writing is courtesy of our long stay in Paris recently, where in some cases I began thinking in French, again. Ah, fluency. I’m writing in English. Duh. 🙂 But in New Orleans circa 1816 people… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – December 21, 2024 So here I am, writing away. This chapter has had some changes, you know, pirates. I added a scene at the end, how Mom, Grandma, and the aunt react to Robinette’s arrest. They’re wondering what they can do about it. Marie,… Continue reading
