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I will consider that as there will be lots to cover, including the Western frontier. Here’s a timeline I have for book 1: Whispers of the Revolution- 1773: 1. Introduction to the main characters; Lucy Stiles is taken in to the Pennsylvania Gazette by Maurice and Brielle Dutoit, Nolan Costner...

I guess I’ve always been fascinated by the Revolutionary War era because it was more than just a war. A lot of new things were coming about, like Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity (and it took a whole other century for people to learn how to control it), David Bushnell build the first...

I’ll keep that mind. 18th century sure had different terms than 21st century. For instance, the term “lunch” wasn’t used then but meals consisted of breakfast, dinner, and supper. Another would be that if my main character Lucy Stiles were to meet a handsome soldier, she wouldn’t say “He’s hot!”...

I did not know about that. It wasn’t shown on Liberty’s Kids (being a kids’ show and all), but it did show some episodes where he is bitter, and even on the episode about his treachery, it shows him and Major John André secretly meeting. So it’s like the audiences already know something, even...

I’m thinking of writing a Christian 10 book historical fiction series set 1773-1815, drawing inspiration from Liberty’s Kids, Turn: Washington’s Spies, and the Anne of Green Gables series, calling the series The Voices of Liberty. As most of you know, writers actually do get inspiration from...

Chapter 16 Emeth, holding Adinah, and Eustace approached Tirian, who was sharpening his sword by the fire, the rhythmic scrape of whetstone against steel filling the tense silence. "They found us," Eustace blurted, his breath forming white clouds in the frigid air. "Rishda's men—they’re...

Chapter 5 (part 3) As the night shone like day and the horrific, deafening explosions continued, the building shook and rattled and rumbled. The first Israeli missiles had taken out Russian fighters and caused ICBMs to explode too high to cause more than fire damage on the ground. The Russian...

Chapter 5 (part 2) Then Carl pulled up the interview on the Global Weekly webpage: Buck stayed in a military compound and met with Rosenzweig in the same kibbutz on the outskirts of Haifa where he had interviewed him a year earlier. Buck had found the wiry little man, with the Einstein thing...

Chapter 5 (Part 1) ***** Now if you are familiar with flashbacks in storytelling, you'll know they're those windows into the past that writers use to let you see what shaped a character. To understand how our main characters (Ashton, Josiah, Robert, Lucille, Everett, Jr, Aneurin, Santiago, and...

Chapter 4 (part 2) **** Mary Burton, the youngest of Carl and Donna’s six children, had been raised going to church, like 5 older siblings Robert, Oliver, Elain, Samuel and Aneurin. She had light blond hair and was 4’8 with a slender frame. When she was first born, Elain was especially happy...

Chapter 4 (part 1) ***** Lucille Moise grew up in Mount Prospect until she graduated from Prospect High School. She began attending the University of South Chicago for general studies, hoping to find a career path that suited her free-spirited nature. She was 5’7 and had reddish brown hair that...

Chapter 3 (part 2) **** Santiago Perez and his family were among the first Hispanics to live in the Mount Prospect Neighborhood. He is Puerto Rican and was fluent in English and Spanish. His father, Horatio was a professor of literature at a college in Chicago and his mother, Amaya, worked as a...

Chapter 3 (part 1) **** Josiah Eliraz had been raised in a Pakistani-Jewish family in Mount Prospect before going to nursing school in Chicago. The Elirazes, although not the first Jews to live in the Mount Prospect neighborhood, they were among the first Pakistani-Americans to settle in the...

Chapter 2 (part 2) Aneurin Burton, the second youngest of Carl and Donna with dark hair, had been raised going to church along with Robert, Oliver, Elain, Samuel and Mary. He had enjoyed it as a kid. He would even get excited about going to Sunday School, Wednesday night church and even...

Chapter 2 (part 1) ***** Robert Burton, the oldest of six children, lived in Mount Prospect until he graduated from High School. He had dark hair and was tall. When Robert turned 10, Carl gave him his first passport and took him on one of his international trips to Portugal later in the summer...