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A Little Nostalgia from 2015

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I ran across this blog I contributed to a site in England back in 2015. I hope you enjoy the nostalgia as much as I did. ----- The Writing Deak - Mastodon - 11 March 2015 https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2015/03/guest-post-balos-war-historical-novel.html?m=0   Guest Post Balo's War, A Historical Novel About the Plan of San Diego by Alfredo E. Cárdenas Balo's War uses a variety of characters, real and imagined, to tell the story of a people who went from being Spaniards to Mexicans to Americans in just 30 years. They struggled to hold on to their land, their language, their culture, and their history—against insurmountable odds. At times, this struggle resorted to violence. Available at www.MCMBooks.com on Amazon US and Amazon UK Writing a historical novel presents many challenges, not the least of which is getting the history right. In my first novel, Balo's War, A Historical Novel About the Plan of San Diego , I had no problem getting the overarching history right from th...