I Found It!
After spending much time online searching every type of way I could to find the mystery city of Exin, Poland, …
Tag Archives: Historical fiction
I Bought Some Maps
I’ve gone back to mapping the path of my Dad’s wagon train through Ukraine and then the train rides through …
Making of the Movie
I think every writer hopes that their book is made in to a block-buster movie (that doesn’t butcher the book …
Outlining
I have been working on an outline for my book. I learned this process at the Novel in Progress Book …
Toys
Particular war gadgets made for interesting entertainment and boisterous toys.
Chapter 1 Part 6
It frustrated Isaak that there was no rhyme or reason to who was considered an enemy of the State and …
Chapter 1 Part 5
Some “policies” of the Stalinist Soviets were exceptionally brutal. People everywhere in the Colony were encouraged by the State to …
Chapter 1 Part 4
When the collectivization was in full force in the early 1930s, a dark period of famine started that continued to …
Chapter 1 Part 3
At the end of the Revolution, around 1922, large groups of Mennonites left the colony for Canada and Mexico, but …
Chapter 1 Part 2
The former majesty and prosperity had disappeared from Gnadenfeld and alone on his walk home, Isaak thought about how he …
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