Pausing to Research Quite often as I’m writing, I realize that to describe something I need to better understand it, or even see it. I know some writers do not pause. They just make a note to come back to it later. I’ve learned to accept the fact that I must pause. And so I…
Author: Cindy Thomson
NYC Talking Statues
More About Annie Moore Some of you may remember me talking about the Annie Moore statue at Ellis Island, and that I was asked to write a monologue for her. Now you can look at this map to find the other 34 statues in NYC that are also talking. If you’re planning a trip or…
Festival Recap
How It Began First, let me say the people at the Dayton Celtic Festival were very good to me. They stopped by to talk about Ireland and genealogy, and which books of mine they’ve read. They bought a lot of books, and it was my privilege to be able to sign them for folks. They…
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Today’s Research: Humorous Scribes
What Your Teacher Wasn’t Suppose to Read I’ve read some of these before, little notes written in margins or on scraps found inside book bindings. I can relate right now to these medieval scribes. See if you can figure out why. Complaints by Medieval Scribes New parchment, bad ink; I say nothing more. This page…
Today’s Research: Herbs
Enya’s Son Research Today it was about Enya’s daughter. Her job is to tend the herbs. When I found the following YouTube video, my imagination went soaring. Listen, and you’ll probably see why!
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Today’s Research Brought Music!
Enya’s Son Update I was searching a place where my character Enya is from. She has escaped a painful childhood, and just got some sad news about that place. And I find this. I hope you enjoying listening as much as I did. I don’t know what the Irish means, but I do know the…
Archaeology and Historical Novels
Exciting New Discoveries! Those of us who read historical novels like there to be some accuracy in them. The story needs to be true to its setting. Since I having been writing stories set in ancient Ireland, in the 5th and 6th centuries, much of what I write about is based, necessarily, on legends. The…
Reenactments For the Novelist
Since I write historical fiction, I’m really interested in reenactments. There are plenty of Civil War and pioneer reenactments around here, but that’s not the era I’m currently writing in. So you can imagine how excited I was to find this video. It may not completely describe my setting—this one claims to be pre-historic to early Christian,…
