Virginia Poe? This portrait of Virginia Poe (left) is said to have been done at her deathbed, but no one knows who did it or if this is even her. As my friend Rudi van Poele pointed out, this portrait looks suspiciously like that of Frances Osgood (right.) Could this have been a portrait Edgar […]
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Here is my extraordinary niece, Tami Willadsen, in Africa on a venture for the Nature Conservancy, pictured in one of her many moments of glory in a most vividly lived life. Her daughter Jess was following directly in her footsteps, already spearheading a campaign at age nine to save the squirrels on her street–the mayor
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Just like many modern-day book clubs, the literary "conversaziones" that Poe and Frances Osgood attended were held in a private home. I based the look of Anne Charlotte Lynch's parlor on the interior of The Merchant House Museum in Greenwich Village. A tour of this museum gave me all sorts of ideas–note the gas chandelier…
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ROAD TRIP! ROAD TRIP! Finally, I get to go to my hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Hope to see you along the way! http://ift.tt/1pMCQsJ New Book Releases, Bestsellers, Author Info and more at Simon & Schusterauthors.simonandschuster.comFind new book releases, best sellers lists and see when your favorite author is making their next appearance. Simon &
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Never did I dream that my book would end up as a Target Book Club pick when I began, "When given bad news, women of my station…" Incidentally, although I changed every other sentence in the book at least two hundred times, that sentence remained the same from the very start. Photos of Lynn CullenNever
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The best part about writing a novel based on real life history? Making up a story around facts and images from the past. This is a lithograph of Washington Square in NYC. In MRS. POE, Poe and Frances Osgood gaze upon the room occupied by Samuel Morse. from Lynn Cullen’s Facebook Wall http://ift.tt/1fIkzGB
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116 Waverly Place, just down the street from Washington Square in NYC: Poe and Frances Osgood walked up these very steps to attend the forerunner of the modern book club. Gives me a chill! from Lynn Cullen’s Facebook Wall http://ift.tt/1ggdhZW
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Insights from my friend Nancy Bilyeau. Historical Fiction: A Conversation Between Bruce Holsinger and Nancy Bilyeauhttp://ift.tt/mBKekPNovelists Bruce Holsinger and Nancy Bilyeau discuss the joys and pitfalls of scrupulously researching the past and then turning it into fiction. from Lynn Cullen’s Facebook Wall http://ift.tt/1ohJLwO
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As Poe found out, bird stories can strike a chord. Timeline PhotosOn this day in 1963, Alfred Hitchcock's THE BIRDS has its world peremiere in New York. Fact: the sound of reel-to-reel tape being run backward and forward was used to help create the frightening bird squawking sounds in the film. http://ow.ly/v5hNo from Lynn Cullen’s
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Excellent article, Mitchell James Kaplan. "Publishers still respect the fact that novel writing is a solitary and extremely labor-intensive endeavor." –Amen! The Record of What We Believe: Mitchell James Kaplan on Historical Fictionhttp://ift.tt/hFWySeFascinated with the history of religions, Mitchell James Kaplan is currently at work on a second novel, set primarily in Rome and Judea
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