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A Chat with Dave Powell about The Battle Above the Clouds
Emerging Civil War correspondent Elyse Kuhn took the time recently to talk with ECW’s Dave Powell about Dave’s new book, Battle Above the Clouds. ———- Dave Powell never imagined himself as a history writer. However, it seems to be what … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War Series
Tagged Battle Above the Clouds, Chattanooga, Dave Powell, Elyse Kuhn, writing
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Andersonville Offers Wonderful Writing Amidst Horrific Suffering
Every so often as we read, we writers run into a sentence that is so spot-on perfect that we say, “Damn, I wish I’d written that.” Such writer-envy is not uncommon, and at its heart, it springs from a deep … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War in Pop Culture
Tagged Andersonville, Henry Wirz, John H. Winder, MacKinlay Kantor, novels, pop culture, Pulitzer Prize, writing
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Hints to Correspondents
This comes from the “The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same” file. The following newspaper submission guidelines appeared in the Portland, Maine, Daily Eastern Argus on May 10, 1864: Hints to Correspondents: The following simple rule for … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers
Tagged Business First, correspondents, Daily Eastern Argus, editing, Jeffrey Wright, journalism, Newspapers, Portland Maine, Submissions, writing
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Richard Adams, Author of Traveller, dies at 96
While most of the pop culture world was mourning the death this week of Star Wars’ Princess Leia and 80s pop icon George Michael, I heard the quieter news of the death of one of my favorite authors, Richard Adams. … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War in Pop Culture
Tagged novels, pop culture, Richard Adams, Traveller, Watership Down, writing
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Question of the Week: 2/22-2/28/16
What would you like to see ECW bloggers/authors tackle or research during 2016?
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War, Question of the Week
Tagged Emerging Civil War, Question of the Week, Research, writing
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Symposium Takeaway: Chris Mackowski
Chris Mackowski wraps up our series reflecting on the Second Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge. Many of the talks at the symposium tied back to words. Chris Kolakowski talked about Lee’s Order No. 9, which served as the … Continue reading
