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Tag: history writing

Writing Exercise: The Five x Five

December 20, 2020 Megan Kate Nelson Leave a comment

Figuring out the best structure for your project is a vital part of the writing process.  For most academic historians,…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: academic writing, creative academic writing, dissertations, history books, history writing, journal articles, trade books, Writing, writing advice, writing exercises

Writing History … in a Novel Way

December 3, 2019 Megan Kate Nelson 10 Comments

When I left academia, my plan was to write a book that I had been thinking about for a while.…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: American Civil War, Fiction, history writing, Native American History, U.S. West, Writing

History in Public

November 3, 2017 Megan Kate Nelson 2 Comments

As a historian of American culture and of the Civil War in particular, it has been hard to know how…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: data collection, Digital History, digital mapping, History, history writing, museum exhibits, oral history, podcasting, public history, visual art
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