by JD Parker | Apr 6, 2023 | News, Research, Story Share
Research: The Dust Bowl I love when my painstaking research results in a discovery that I can share with my readers. Sharing Great Historical Nonfiction One of the benefits of knowing other readers of a genre you like is sharing some of the stories and series you...
by JD Parker | Feb 16, 2023 | News, Research
Research: Oregon Trail As much as I enjoy researching history through reading, I especially appreciate visiting historic sites and museums. Since I mostly write stories that take place in the historic settings of Colorado and Wyoming, thankfully, visiting those sites...
by JD Parker | Nov 3, 2022 | Research, WIP
Paradise Aside: A Jazz Noir Mystery is a noir murder mystery that takes place in a large US city in 1929. I told readers of my newsletter last month I was writing something for a 1920s historical fiction writing contest. But as I plotted it out, the story I wanted to...
by JD Parker | Sep 7, 2022 | Research
Missouri Compromise: A Young Trapper’s Tale is a short story in my Tailing Times series, which centers on the Colorado Gold Rush. At only fifteen episodes, two per week, it will run on Vella for just over a month. Here’s a bit about the story and my research. Missouri...
