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terren-wake

For every like, I will give Walter a kiss.

For ever reblog, I will give him

another kiss.

walterophili

please remember to reblog this often

vi-ackerhoe

would terren count it if it was running on a queue

walterophili

if he didn’t know it was running on a queue, yes

gladedwells

:)

walterophili

have i ever told you that you’re the most wonderful person ever

gladedwells

yes, thank you

terren-wake

For every like, I will give Walter a kiss.

For ever reblog, I will give him

another kiss.

walterophili

please remember to reblog this often

vi-ackerhoe

would terren count it if it was running on a queue

walterophili

if he didn’t know it was running on a queue, yes

gladedwells

:)

sixmonthsandgone

Millie Michalchuck must be protected at all cost

What's your favorite book?

I am unsure!

mienar

take a rest

,,,,

#current mood

Gifs and screen caps from @walterophili’s new music video for “Heartbeat”

#post #friends

its-caesar-bitch

fun latin word of the day

apicula, -ae, fem. (ah-pee-coo-lah) – little bee

i really just adore latin diminutives. for all of u who want to embrace ur inner vergil, here’s the cutest term of endearment ever because bees are the most adorable

apparently this is a picture of a bee sleeping which is the best thing so enjoy

gladedwells

JAZZ CALLS ME LITTLE BEE

NOW HE CAN DO IT IN LATIN!!!

@jazz-ackerbitch

noordinaryelf

This maybe the best thing ever

m-l-rio

Sometimes writing is just writing but sometimes it’s buying 50-year-old road maps on eBay at 7 o'clock on a Friday night

m-l-rio

Hi M! I've been wondering how much your research and history impacts your writing. Basically, if you know your story is set in 1978 in Michigan and you want to reference AC/DC's Back in Black (released in 80) for whatever reason, do you fudge it and just go for it or would you find something else? What if history actively contradicts large parts of your story? Also, thank you so very much for answering questions. I appreciate it more than I can communicate thru a tumblr ask!!

I do pretty meticulous research and I’m a slave to historical accuracy. I will spend six months or more doing research before I even start writing, continue to do research throughout the process (especially as I stumble on things I hadn’t thought to investigate before), and keep doing research even after I’ve done ten drafts of the book. I’ve been doing research for a book that’s in its fifteenth draft now since September of 2016. Do I make mistakes? Inevitably. But consciously “fudging” is not something I’m ever going to do. I respect history too much for that. It’s a major part of my academic background and willfully ignoring it just isn’t something I’m capable of. Here’s why that isn’t usually a problem: I don’t write stories that contradict history, because the stories I write which have a historical element are inspired by history, not written in spite of it. Writing any form of historical fiction–even/especially if you’re writing within living history–is an absolutely enormous amount of work, and doing it for any other reason than because you’re inspired, fascinated, and obsessed by that history doesn’t make any sense. (More here and under the research tag; but I’d start with older posts and work forwards.)

Disclaimer: this is just my own personal approach, and like I said, it’s informed by my academic background. This isn’t the “right” way to do it, just my way of doing it. Some authors have made whole careers writing anachronism.