For the first few years, my dad was in and out of my life. The day after I was born, he received a notice from the draft board that he had been reclassified from 4A to 1A. He had already served three years in the Army during the 30s. After eight months the lottery draw of the draft board caught up with him in July of 1943. He was off to Fort Leavenworth for his physical on July 13 with…
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“Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.”
~George Santayana
I don’t know if this the proper way to write a historical novel–this is just how I do it. I start a box and dig through stuff Mother saved over her 89 years. When I run across a picture, a stack of letters, or any books, they all go in the box. All the while, I’m considering where
I know this doesn’t look like a new baby, but it is. It’s my new fiction, based on fact which is out this month. So, do we call that “faction”? Hard Times in the Heartland, the third in the series of The Late Sooner is based on my dad’s letters to Mom and me during WW II and family stories. Like my other books, the facts are carefully researched and woven into this story. As a kid, I hated history class because…