Ask the Author: Michelle L. Hamilton
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Michelle L. Hamilton
Hi Mary,
I will check out your blog. While I lived in California I worked at the Whaley House. I moved to Virginia in May after getting my MA in history from San Diego State University, and now live in Caroline County, I just applied to work at the Mary Washington House.
I will check out your blog. While I lived in California I worked at the Whaley House. I moved to Virginia in May after getting my MA in history from San Diego State University, and now live in Caroline County, I just applied to work at the Mary Washington House.
Michelle L. Hamilton
Sometimes you need a break from your writing. Getting out and clearing your head helps a lot. Also taking a break and reading something different helps a lot. If I was to deep into the scholarly tomes breaking for a day or two and reading a novel would help. Reading fiction for a history writer helped me set the scene and work with dialogue in my book.
Michelle L. Hamilton
Meeting other authors and readers who have an interest in your subject. I also love the research process and traveling to where the events that I write about actually happened.
Michelle L. Hamilton
Find a topic that fascinates you and write about that. Don't worry that your first efforts might not be perfect. Just keep working on it, revise as needed and have a good editor!
Michelle L. Hamilton
I do my research first, then when I believe that I have covered all of the angles and am ready to put my interpretation--which is supported by the research--I set a specific time to write. I get comfortable, light candles, and just start writing.
Michelle L. Hamilton
The idea for my book, "I Would Still Be Drowned in Tears": Spiritualism in Abraham Lincoln's White House, came out of a paper I had to write in my first semester in grad school. I found the topic so fascinating that I turned the paper into my master's thesis.
Michelle L. Hamilton
I am currently working on the diary of a Civil War solider named James Myers. He was from Pennsylvania and fought for the Union during the war serving as a hospital steward for his regiment. What is fascinating is that many of the places that he visited during the war are now within a short distance of my home in Virginia.
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