Hello! Ellen, here. So glad you stopped by to share my blog
post with me. I hope you enjoy it!
I’ve not always been a Monkey author. In fact, I never
intended to become a writer. I’m an Anthropologist/Archaeologist who became a
Middle Grade History/English teacher, who discovered writing by way of wanting
to tell a story. While teaching
Ancient Rome, I became so fascinated with their history that I decided to write
an upper- middle grade adventure novel, The
General’s Son.
To me, story and history go together. Story is part of the word History, and within the time frame of history, there are bazillions of ideas to write about. Warfare, witchcraft, jealous love affairs, sad love affairs, weird customs and beliefs, notorious and bloody deeds, deceit, camaraderie . . . you name it and somewhere in history, you’ll find that story.
