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Liane Young is a retired director of corporate communications for the Office of Naval Research. She is the winner of the 2012 Virginia Screenwriting Competition for Operation Firefly, which tells the amazing, little-known story of the US Army’s first all-black test platoon, the “Triple Nickles” 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion. Currently living with her husband, Tom, in Virginia, she is working on her next novel, The Himalayan Teapot.

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Liane Young I never try to push my way through writer's block, but instead get away from the keyboard and mull over the writing problem for a day or two as I do o…moreI never try to push my way through writer's block, but instead get away from the keyboard and mull over the writing problem for a day or two as I do other things. Inevitably the answer comes to me when I wake up one morning, and then I'm off and writing again.(less)
Liane Young I love to find the "voice" of my characters...then become them as I write. I also really like to learn, so I enjoy finding/researching all of the back…moreI love to find the "voice" of my characters...then become them as I write. I also really like to learn, so I enjoy finding/researching all of the back-story elements of a novel (like the ones I incorporated into "Operation Firefly" and am now working on for "The Himalayan Teapot"). (less)
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Writing Historical Fiction

I love stories that are woven together by a warp of fictional people and a weft of true events. And I think they're even better when I find myself googling something I'm reading, then saying, "I didn't know that!"

The feedback I'm getting about Operation Firefly , the story about the Army's first Black paratroopers-- the Triple Nickles--is amazing, and almost all of it begins with "I never knew Read more of this blog post »
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