Critical ThinkingWrite historical fiction and you constantly hit the wall of what was that thing called, and this answers fast: over 2,000 concise entries on historical terms, events, and institutions worldwide. A quick-check tool for avoiding anachronisms, not a substitute for…
Critical ThinkingA period reference for one of America's most story-rich eras, gathering the concrete textures of 1920s-40s life, speech, dress, food, prices, technology, so the writing rings true instead of clichéd. Solid and practical, necessarily selective, and overlapping research you can…
Critical ThinkingA period reference covering a thousand years of daily life in medieval Northwestern Europe, the textures that let a writer render the era without cliche. Especially valuable as grounding for medieval-flavored fantasy. Necessarily broad instead of deep, and overlapping research…
Critical ThinkingThe Civil War is among the most written-about and most easily botched periods in fiction, and this grounds it in concrete reality, economy, food, clothing, transport, balanced across North and South. Enriched with illustrations and maps. Broad instead of deep,…
Critical ThinkingA responsible daily-life reference that gives writers the concrete texture, food, work, community, needed to portray Native peoples accurately instead of through stereotype. Weightier than most for its subject, and best used as one starting point among many, including Native…
Critical ThinkingA period-detail reference built for fiction writers, covering colonial architecture, dress, family life, economy, and government, with a region-by-region view that captures the era's real diversity. Solid grounding for colonial-set work, necessarily selective and overlapping with research you can do…
Critical ThinkingMilton dropped a record 14.5 inches of rain and spawned two dozen tornadoes. Here is the firsthand aftermath and what it confirmed about readiness.
Critical ThinkingMilton reached Category 5 with 155 mph winds. Drawing on decades of disasters, here is my complete preparation routine and why pets belong at the center.
Critical ThinkingWith Milton strengthening in the Gulf days after Helene, I ran my whole preparedness checklist again. Here is exactly what I did to get ready.
Critical ThinkingHurricane Helene came close enough to fry two UPS units, two TVs, and my internet speed. Here is what the near miss taught me about being ready.
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