Ask the Author: Christopher P. Lehman
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Christopher P. Lehman
I'd go to the land of Orisha from Tomi Adeyemi's CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE and see what magical powers I would have.
Christopher P. Lehman
Stephen Douglas won the 1860 presidential election. Southern states no longer threatened to secede but instead continued to expand slavery into the West.
Christopher P. Lehman
Try daily to do one page's worth of work on your book, whether it's note-taking, the writing of your book, or the editing of your book.
Christopher P. Lehman
I listen to music, take a walk, or meditate. If the block is especially bad, I do all three.
Christopher P. Lehman
I am currently working on my family tree; it's been an ongoing research project for me since 2000.
Christopher P. Lehman
For SLAVERY'S REACH, I extended an article I had written about Minnesota's slaveholders into a book-length writing. After the article was published, I had found much more information on the topic.
Christopher P. Lehman
When I research a topic of interest to me and then see that no one has published a book about that topic, then I get inspired to start the conversation by writing.
Christopher P. Lehman
As a writer of history, I enjoy being told by people who have a personal connection to my topic (whether because they lived through it or because their ancestors did) that my work was very accurate.
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