In the late 1800s, only two percent of American journalists were women. Most newspapers assigned them pieces about fashion, homemaking, or society gossip—hardly the kinds of stories that would be considered news. But a journalist named Nellie Bly insisted her reporting equaled any man’s. She refused to take on such work. I owned a […]
Tag Archives: Caroline Starr Rose
October
22
Seventy-Five Days. Two Very Different Women. One Incredible Race. by Caroline Starr Rose
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February
07
Huck Finn Inspired Storytelling by Caroline Starr Rose
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When I started working on my latest novel, Jasper and the Riddle of Riley’s Mine, I knew I wanted to write about the Klondike Gold Rush. I’d first stumbled upon this bit of history while researching the frontier for my novel, May B. Here was a larger-than-life event that had driven the world into gold-fever […]
July
28
Resilience and Restoration — Over in the Wetlands: A Hurricane-on-the-Bayou Story by Caroline Starr Rose and Rob Dunlavey
posted by CBethM
I moved to Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana in 2007, a few months short of Hurricane Katrina’s second anniversary. To see the marks of devastation New Orleans still carried, to hear the daily conversations, it was clear Katrina, “the single most catastrophic natural disaster in U.S. history,” had left a lasting impact on countless lives. What […]
June
26
Cover Reveal: Blue Birds by Caroline Starr Rose
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Before we share the cover, we are able to share some information about the process of creating a cover. Here to explain her part of the process in creating the cover for Blue Birds is Art Director Irene Vandervoort: After reading a book, how do you proceed with the design process? Once a list is assigned […]
March
03
One Day You Will by Caroline Starr Rose
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Each Friday in my fifth-grade class, we were required to turn in a book report and recite a newly memorized poem. No kidding. (In my teaching days, when students told me the amount of reading I asked of them was far too hard [thirty minutes a night, if you’re curious], I’d tell them about Mrs. […]
My Reading Life by Caroline Starr Rose
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My reading life began with a picture book called The Littlest Rabbit. I would solemnly quote the first page, “Everybody is bigger than I am,” entertaining my family by (unknowingly) speaking the truth about my place in the big, wide world. That world placed limitations on what I could do and where I could go, […]
