Ask the Author: Robert W. Smith
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Robert W. Smith
I like to write stories based on actual characters or true events from history and am always on the lookout for a compelling opportunity. Little known or long-forgotten subjects are what I look for. A couple of years ago, I saw a story about “The Bells of Balangiga,” which led me into the history of the so-called “Philippine Insurrection,” a mere footnote in U.S. History books. Filipinos more accurately call it, “The Philippine-American War,” a brutal war of aggression against the Philippines pursuant to America’s policy of Manifest Destiny, the justification for colonialist oppression. Deeply woven into the story of Balangiga, was the unlikely love affair of a beautiful and inexplicably influential Filipina, Casiana Nationales, and. Frank Betron, a key figure in the “Battle of Balangiga,” where villagers rose up in defiance of their occupiers, killing some fifty U.S. soldiers. I decided instantly to write this story. Thanks for the question, Sandy
Robert W. Smith
I think you might be prying for blackmail ammunition lol
Robert W. Smith
Alcohol. Weed if I'm in Colorado
Robert W. Smith
None. I'm an old man and still an aspiring writer.
Robert W. Smith
Trying to sell a historical crime thriller set in Chicago (1903). Working on #2 in the series.
Robert W. Smith
From a story I read about "The Balangiga Bells," appropriated by American forces in the aftermath of the Battle of Balangiga on Samar, PI. The story prompted me to research the Philippine-American "Insurrection." I learned it was not an insurrection. It was a "War," a barbaric war of Colonial aggression all but ignored in American history curricula.
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