Archive - Long Ago & Far Away

Historical Reading and Writing Resource

Today I alert you to a new resource for readers and writers of history—both fiction and non.

Sep 7 •

Lausanne Davis Carpenter

August 2024

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

Aug 30 •

Lausanne Davis Carpenter

The Weight of Things

Objects embody stories.

Aug 4 •

Lausanne Davis Carpenter

July 2024

We Must Have Maps!

I've been super excited in the last few weeks (read: distracted).

Jul 15 •

Lausanne Davis Carpenter

June 2024

Those Pesky Stuarts

The last two novels I read had an unplanned historical continuity.

Jun 23 •

Lausanne Davis Carpenter

Cruise to Nowhere

Jun 9 •

Lausanne Davis Carpenter

Progress in Spite of Myself

In my current general dysfunction, one thing I have managed to do in the last three weeks is a fast read of my full manuscript—all 789 printed pages of…

Jun 5 •

Lausanne Davis Carpenter

May 2024

To my newly subscribed readers, you’re not in the wrong place.

May 19 •

Lausanne Davis Carpenter

March 2024

And accidental ketosis

Mar 23 •

Lausanne Davis Carpenter

Work in Progress - Alex at Target Practice

Today’s offering is a peek at fourteen-year-old Alex three weeks into the 635 AD siege of Damascus.

Mar 10 •

Lausanne Davis Carpenter

Amor Towles Interview on How I Write Podcast

Just a quick note from me today.

Mar 3 •

Lausanne Davis Carpenter

February 2024

It's not you. It's me.

And my growing Did Not Finish pile

Feb 25 •

Lausanne Davis Carpenter

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