by Connie Connally | Jan 6, 2012 | History, Writing
When I decided to undertake writing historical fiction, I thought that the hardest part would be finding all the facts I needed and getting them right. That actually turned out to be doable, though very time-consuming. More difficult has been finding the small... by Connie Connally | Oct 13, 2011 | History
Here is a story from Béla Zsolt’s holocaust memoir, Nine Suitcases. It is a striking account of some Jewish prisoners who were given a chance to escape . . . and chose not to. The story, for me, is a poignant reminder that some things can be stronger than the fear of... by Connie Connally | Oct 4, 2011 | History
Recently I read East of the West: A Country in Stories by Miroslav Penkhov. The book is a collection of short stories by a Bulgarian writer now living in the U.S., and all of the stories deal with Bulgaria and its people. Penkov’s English prose is more precise...