Last month my first novel, “Scouts’ Honor,” was published by Inlandia. As an academic historian, I’ve written and edited myriad books, but none of that prepared me for the novel-writing experience.
Historians have the luxury of starting with documents. Novelists start with an idea and a blank sheet of paper. The challenge is to transform that idea into a page-turning, book-length tale of relatable characters, engaging plot, and maybe, just maybe, something worthwhile to say.
As do many first-time novelists, I started with personal experience: my Kansas City, Missouri, Boy Scout teenage years. My brother Gary and I became Eagle Scouts. Dad, an adult volunteer leader, earned numerous scouting awards.
Among the memorable times of my youth were the two weeks I spent every summer, from 1947 to 1951, at Kansas City’s Boy Scout Camp Osceola, located in hilly, forested, rural southwestern Missouri. From those memories emerged the idea of a novel.
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