history Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/tag/history/ Sat, 28 Jan 2017 08:53:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Preserving Her Stories https://booksbywomen.org/preserving-her-stories/ https://booksbywomen.org/preserving-her-stories/#respond Sat, 28 Jan 2017 06:37:31 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17463 Originally years ago, all I wanted to do was write books. My design changed one day in the mid-1990s when I realized the extent of stereotyping that exists in the West regarding the Middle East in general and the women of that region in particular. I was on transit at Heathrow Airport, on my way […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/preserving-her-stories/feed/ 0 17463 Historical Elements of Writing https://booksbywomen.org/historical-elements-of-writing/ https://booksbywomen.org/historical-elements-of-writing/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2016 08:18:07 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16084 I can see a cohesive thread appearing in my work, a pattern, if you will. Locations, upon which I wrote a recent post for Women Writers, was always clear, but the historical element is a part of my writing that crept up. A surprise even to me, the author. I can at least pinpoint where […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/historical-elements-of-writing/feed/ 1 16084 Helpful Tips on Historical Research https://booksbywomen.org/helpful-tips-on-historical-research-by-catherine-fletcher/ https://booksbywomen.org/helpful-tips-on-historical-research-by-catherine-fletcher/#comments Sat, 28 May 2016 12:22:41 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15578 Many writers set their work in the past, but only a very few have the luxury of a training in historical research. Yet online resources are making it easier than ever before to get to grips with the history that matters to your latest project. As a university historian, I spend a lot of time […]

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