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Learn All About My First Book Defy <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This will be my second post in the series – go back to last week’s post to read up on the <\/a>inspiration behind the name of the book!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What’s fictitious and what’s not?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So, when I published my book, one thing that was pointed out to me by one of my readers was that I never do make it clear what in my novel is just pure fiction and what is actually based in reality. Given that it is historical fiction, <\/em><\/strong>it seems like there should be a good deal of it that is real. I decided that maybe I should dedicate a post or two to pointing out some historical facts embedded in the book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First off, when writing a historical fiction book, adding accurate historical context just adds so much more to the story, making it more believable for the reader and the story even more plausible. When I began writing my novel, I did a lot of research for even the tiniest detail of the book – I wanted to make sure that the event I was writing about could’ve actually occurred during World War 2. By the time I finished writing my book, I had used about 3 pages worth of links to fact check my work and serve as inspiration for some of my scenes. It was a lot of work, but entirely worth it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, into the historical context of my book!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this first post, I’m going to focus on characters. I’ve sprinkled a couple of real people into the cast of characters in the book, so let’s get into who’s real and who wasn’t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n