Kathryn Page Camp

Showing posts with label diversity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diversity. Show all posts
Monday, December 16, 2019

Writing Outside Your Culture: Dealing with Religion

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Creating Esther is written for a secular audience, but religion was a part of both the Native American culture and the white culture th...
Monday, December 9, 2019

Writing Outside Your Culture: Language Issues

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The characters in Creating Esther speak two languages, which makes the work harder for me as the author. At the beginning of the book, I...
Monday, November 25, 2019

Writing Outside Your Culture: Naming Characters

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As mentioned in previous posts, the main character in Creating Esther is an Ojibwe girl who goes to an Indian boarding school in 1895. ...
Monday, November 18, 2019

Writing Outside Your Culture: The Importance of Group Names

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When writing outside your race or culture, it is particularly important to avoid labels that unintentionally disparage the race or cultu...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Researching CREATING ESTHER, Part II

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My research for writing Creating Esther wasn’t limited to documents. I also dragged Roland along on a trip through Ojibwe country in Mic...
Monday, November 4, 2019

Researching CREATING ESTHER, Part I

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My research for any historical novel begins with reading as many first-person accounts as I can. This is especially important when writi...
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