The Legend of Marie Laveaux
These are the research articles and musings on my discoveries writing Laveaux: Mother. The oppression of slaves and free people of color in antebellum New Orleans has certain parallels in these days of modern times.
The Making of Laveaux: Mother
- A Murder Weapon – A bit about cane-swords. July 28, 2026
- Plotting Murder – Where does it all end? July 27, 2026
- Cholera and Marie – Marie as magic healer. July 15, 2027
- What She Said – Listening to Marie. July 14, 2026
- La-La-La-La-La – Torture, the LaLaurie incident. July 13, 2026
- What’s a Balero? – Finding a good toy. July 7, 2026
- Wordwright Writes Right Word – Or Not – Is “Yum” Period-Correct? July 5, 2026
- Metaphors – The power of abstract thought. July 4, 2026
- Coinkidink??? – Discovering a minor character is family. June 21, 2026
- Healing the Plot – Finding the heart of the real story. June 19, 2026
- Antebellum Catholic Racism – Finding the history of a Black parish. June 18, 2026
- Concubinage – The laws governing living together. June 7, 2026
- Double Dipping? – Abraham Lincoln returns in 1831. May 31, 2026
- There Is Hope: Le Code Noir – Repealed, 341 years later. May 28, 2026
- Which Way Next? Registering – People of color must register. May 27, 2026
- The Talk – The framework on which to hang a chapter. May 21, 2026
- Playing with the birl – Finding the perfect word. May 17, 2026
- What a Piece of Work – 250 words on adding 1. May 13, 2026
- Eliza’s Schooling – Slavery legislation in 1830. May 13, 2026
- Slaves and Wage Slaves – Economic oppression in 1829. May 1, 2026
- Hedging my Kedging – A detail about undocking a ship. April 28, 2026
- Joy Is Heads – This Is Tails – A beloved character’s death. April 26, 2026
- It’s Abe, Honest – How Abraham Lincoln fits. April 11, 2026
- Cleanup on Aisle Six – He rewrites the rewrites. April 4, 2026
- Eliza – The young girl who was Marie Laveaux’s slave. April 2, 2026
- The Mortuary Chapel – The second Catholic church in Dec 1827. March 30, 2026
- Doctor Who?– How Doctor John (Jean Montanée) fits. March 26, 2028
- Motivation – Time to cut the AUTHOR down to size. March 16, 2026
- The War of the Pews – We can’t have them sitting down. March 13, 2026
- Clustered Together – Critique groups and the first reader. March 11, 2026
- Who Wears the Pants in this Outfit – Pantsing the plot at Hewlett’s. March 8, 2026
- The Voice of Economy Hall – What does an orator sound like? March 3, 2026
- City Directories – What’s in them, how I use them. Feb 19, 2026
- Mardi Gras 1827 – The early history of the celebration. February 17, 2026
- A Holiday – New Year in 1826. Feb 16, 2026
- Then and Now – Fear of the “Other” past and present. December 13, 2025
- Deja Vu All Over Again – Is this thing on? Let’s get started. December 12, 2025
