Philbrick offers aspiring writers two pieces of advice: Don’t worry about making mistakes, revise your work, listen, and write about what interests you.
Author Rosemary Wells believes writers who choose historical subjects always bring a modern perspective, but you must remember to accept the people in the context of when they lived.
Civil War diaries proved to be less revealing than author Rosemary Wells originally hoped for. She attributes this to a Victorian sensibility about what could be written about, or not written about.
Author Rosemary Wells loves history. When she was young, dinner table conversations usually revolved around the current day politics, world situation and history.
