Connie Lacy
How hard can it be?
How hard can it be? That’s what went through my mind when I first decided to record my own audiobooks. I have decades of radio news...
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Connie Lacy
- May 1, 2020
- 1 min
I didn't mean to be clairvoyant
With my latest novel coming out in a matter of weeks, I expect to get questions about the timeliness of my new book. The backdrop for my...
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Connie Lacy
- Mar 30, 2020
- 3 min
The Shot Clinic
The summer I was eight years old my family moved from North Carolina to the Japanese island of Okinawa where my Army dad was stationed....
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Connie Lacy
- Feb 29, 2020
- 2 min
The Demise of Hats
If you traveled back in time to an American city in 1918, one of the first things you’d notice is hats. Lots and lots of hats. At any...
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Connie Lacy
- Jan 31, 2020
- 2 min
Arrested for showing too much skin on the beach
Imagine being arrested for wearing the wrong bathing suit. In 1918, the year my forthcoming novel takes place, that was a distinct...
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Connie Lacy
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
Thorny issues in my novels
Like a lot of people, I have concerns about a variety of issues. But because I’m a novelist, I get to weave the issues I’m worried about...
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Connie Lacy
- Oct 27, 2019
- 2 min
“Sista-bun” – the origin of a nickname
When I was a kid, my family lived in Japan and later, on the Japanese island of Okinawa where my Army dad was stationed. While living in...
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Connie Lacy
- Sep 25, 2019
- 2 min
Accidents of fate – in real life and in fiction
This month I'm re-running one of my most popular blog posts. What if your grandfather never met your grandmother? That’s easy – you...
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Connie Lacy
- Aug 25, 2019
- 4 min
New Zealand author Michael Gardner - my kind of writer
Multi-genre authors. What’s that, you say? Well, some authors write only one kind of novel, (mysteries, maybe,) but others write books...
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Connie Lacy
- Jul 25, 2019
- 3 min
Women join the work force in 1918
My next time travel novel is set in Atlanta in 1918. America has entered WW1 and women are stepping into previously all-male jobs. It was...
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Connie Lacy
- Jun 25, 2019
- 2 min
Connie the Contortionist – Vaudeville in 1918
Would you pay to watch Connie the Contortionist? If you were an average American in 1918, chances are the answer to that question would...
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Connie Lacy
- May 25, 2019
- 2 min
In a time of Jaywalkers and Trolleys
In early 1900s Atlanta, street traffic included trolleys, automobiles, horse-drawn wagons and lots and lots of pedestrians who crossed...
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Connie Lacy
- Apr 23, 2019
- 2 min
Tennis in a dress, anyone?
I played tennis when I was younger. So I find it fascinating as I do research for my next time travel novel what women wore in the past...
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Connie Lacy
- Mar 30, 2019
- 2 min
The excitement of Researching a new novel
It’s always exciting when I begin doing research for a new novel. I have to find out information on the setting, the culture, the styles...
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Connie Lacy
- Feb 28, 2019
- 2 min
Incarnations: Will the real Connie please stand up?
Do you ever feel like there are different incarnations of yourself? I do. Because the Connie I am now is not the Connie I was when I was...
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Connie Lacy
- Feb 4, 2019
- 1 min
Time travel and historical fiction in my 7th novel
I’m thrilled to announce publication of my second Time Travel novel, “The Going Back Portal.” This one features a producer for a TV...
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Connie Lacy
- Jan 7, 2019
- 2 min
A brief excerpt from my soon-to-be-published time travel novel
Publication of my seventh novel is just weeks away. It's my second time travel novel. The Going Back Portal is set in present-day Atlanta...
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Connie Lacy
- Dec 6, 2018
- 2 min
If you think cornbread is a southern invention, think again!
As I head down the homestretch on my latest novel, I’ve been thinking about cornbread. Growing up, I thought cornbread was a southern...
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Connie Lacy
- Oct 31, 2018
- 2 min
Outhouses and chamber pots
Ah, the good old days. When using the bathroom meant taking a little hike to the outhouse. Or sliding a chamber pot out from under the...
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Connie Lacy
- Oct 3, 2018
- 2 min
Names that mean something
While researching Cherokee Indians for my forthcoming novel, I was struck by how their traditional names always meant something. Their...
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