by Connie Connally | Jul 17, 2013 | Writing
Yesterday someone said to me, “You’re a real writer. You have the scars to prove it.” If scars are what qualify you, then I’m definitely in. Anybody who has ever received no from an editor or publisher (and that pretty much means anybody who... by Connie Connally | Jul 11, 2013 | Writing
There have been years when I’ve been able to dedicate a lot of time to writing and years when I haven’t. But even when I wasn’t doing what seemed like “real writing,” I never really stopped working with words. There were smaller things... 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 | Apr 17, 2012 | Writing
On Easter Sunday I did something I’d been fantasizing about for a long time: I wrote the last paragraph, the last sentence, the last period of my novel. As it happened, the day was warm and sunny, and I wrote this long awaited conclusion (long awaited by me, that... by Connie Connally | Jan 21, 2012 | Life, Writing
My husband and I recently attended Lakewood Playhouse’s production of Oliver! We went to the December 22 performance, and since closing night was December 23, this post unfortunately comes too late to send more audience members to the show. But we loved the... 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...