Kathryn Page Camp

  I’ve reprinted this post several times, most recently on May 10, 2021. But it’s one of my favorites and is a good follow-up to last week, ...

  I’m currently working on a story that takes place in the Pullman neighborhood of Chicago during the 1894 Pullman strike. I found a number ...

  Last week I wrote about using memoirs and other personal accounts to research a historical novel. This week I’ll cover the benefits of usi...

  I have been writing a historical novel about living in the Pullman neighborhood during the Pullman strike, and I recently sent it to my mi...

  I enjoy jigsaw puzzles, so Roland gave me a “Personalized Hometown Puzzle” of DeTour Village, Michigan, for Christmas. DeTour is the light...

  I’m preparing an index of the more than 600 blog posts I have written since January 1, 2010. Actually, I haven’t written quite that many s...

  I usually write in a close third-person point-of-view. That means the narrative is coming from inside my POV character’s head using her th...

  Fiction writers who want to keep their readers immersed in the story must pay attention to continuity. That means that plot and descriptio...

I’ve been reading Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. It’s an easy read for a book published in 1719, but many passages are mini-sermons. T...

In the last two weeks I saw several of my old colleagues from the Indiana Writers’ Consortium and had a good time visiting with them. Du...

My online critique partner has been trying to follow all the “rules” for writing fiction but is having trouble when they conflict with...

I belong to several writers’ organizations that have email listservs for asking questions of other members. Recently, one woman sought g...