Thursday, March 08, 2007
A Great Resource: Old Postcards
On a recent visit to Petersburg, the site of my forthcoming novel, Lili's Gift, A Civil War Healer's Story, Laura Willoughby, curator at the Petersburg city museums, gave me an authographed copy of her latest book. It's in the Postcard History Series and entitled Petersburg. The book is available at: http://www.amazon.ca/Petersburg-Laura-E-Willoughby/dp/0738542857
Kids often ask where I get the ideas for my books. My reply is usually "from history." As I read through this fascinating book and studied the vintage postcards, I learned a lot that I didn't know about Petersburg and I got ideas for future writing projects. Check out this series. There may be a postcard history of your town or area. http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/
It is a great source for writing ideas.
