Rebecca Burns, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/author/rebeccaburns/ Sun, 24 May 2015 17:22:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 How Newspapers Inspire Fiction Writers https://booksbywomen.org/how-newspapers-inspire-fiction-writers/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-newspapers-inspire-fiction-writers/#comments Sun, 24 May 2015 08:46:58 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13286 Historical documents can be treasure troves for fiction writers. We’ve all read stories based upon real historic events, or people, and no doubt some authors were inspired by historical manuscripts, either accessed in an archive, online, or in biographies. Letters, diaries, wills, government records – these are rich seams for writers to interrogate and use […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-newspapers-inspire-fiction-writers/feed/ 1 13286 The Settling Earth: Emigration to New Zealand in the Nineteenth Century https://booksbywomen.org/settling-earth-emigration-new-zealand-nineteenth-century-rebecca-burns/ https://booksbywomen.org/settling-earth-emigration-new-zealand-nineteenth-century-rebecca-burns/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2014 05:28:26 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12656 Imagine packing a trunk, probably a box no higher than your knees. In it you place clothes to see you through your journey and beyond. You squeeze in sewing equipment, a few books, photographs or miniatures – all mementos of a home that you are about to leave, possibly forever. Perhaps you are able to […]

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