by Connie Connally | Mar 13, 2015 | History, Writing
In January I met Scott Driscoll, a Seattle author and creative writing teacher. I welcomed the opportunity to talk with him because of our common interest in the Soviet bloc countries. Scott has written a novel set mainly in the Czech Republic, titled Better You Go... by Connie Connally | Feb 10, 2015 | History
This essay (minus the photos) was published under a different title in The News Tribune of Tacoma, February 9, 2015. In recent years two of my three sons embarked on international life journeys, and in a smaller way, so did I. My son Brendan and his wife moved to... by Connie Connally | Jun 27, 2013 | History, Writing
The historical fiction writer Mary Biddinger created an on-line interview called The Next Big Thing. I was tagged for this by Claire Gebben, whose historical novel about a German blacksmith will come out early next year. (It sounds very interesting!) Meanwhile, here... 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 | Nov 20, 2011 | History, Writing
Writing historical fiction is full of challenges, and among the most formidable of those challenges is the research involved. It’s a huge task. But it’s an interesting one, and if the research leads you to interviewing other people, as my research has done, then one... by Connie Connally | Nov 4, 2011 | History, Writing
For the last several years my writing time has been absorbed by two novels. The one I’m currently writing, tentatively titled Voice, is about ¾ complete in its first draft. The other, The Bomb Shelter Quintet, has been finished, but I will be revising it after I...