Inspiration to Work on Mandy's Story Again

My inspiration has been sparked again to get back to writing my middle reader novel, Papa Goes to War, about Mandy and her family. The idea for Mandy's story comes from my genealogy research where I discovered a great, great uncle...a widower who goes off to war, leaving his children in the care of a new wife.

When visiting an author friend the other day, we began talking about our novels inspired by Civil War ancestors. Janet Elaine Smith wrote My Dear Phebe, a children's novel based on letters from this era in her family.