• Carolyn Yoder: “I am here to tell you that historical fiction is alive and well.”

    This is coming in so late, but here it is nevertheless — yet another update from that fabulous New Jersey SCBWI conference. Yes, if I could, I would blog about it forever, but in fact, I only have one more post after this one to share with you. This one was from a wonderful workshop…


  • Story vs. history

    “A Tugging String,” by David T. Greenberg Dutton, 2008 David T. Greenberg’s book is set in 1960s Alabama, “blending facts, speeches, memories and conjecture.” A twelve-year-old boy, the son of a civil rights lawyer, tries hard to fit in at school. An African-American woman struggles to become a registered voter. As the two stories come together,…