Christine Kohler

Mar 29, 2014 1:14 PM EDT

Thank you for guest blogging and for the affirmation in this particular tip, Mindy. I say "affirmation" because I am bogged down in researching a YA historical novel due to lack of time right now. I know the topic and setting, and the story is telling itself to me. But I bought a bunch of books from Harvard scholar-types. I love NF and have a reputation as a solid researcher in NF, but reading every itch and sneeze and infidelity and rival of Fidel Castro's life is not going to help me write this book better. So thank you for affirming that it's okay to take a general over-view read--to start with--of the topic and setting and historic context by using juvenile fiction.

- Christine Kohler

Mar 29, 2014 5:16 PM EDT

Thank you Christine for having me!

- Mindy McGinnis

Mar 18, 2014 8:31 PM EDT

Sounds like a great experience overall!

- Yvonne Ventresca

Mar 19, 2014 8:06 AM EDT

Yes, it was great meeting my editor and so many author-friends, connecting with readers, and just, in general, enjoying the beautiful city of Tucson. The mountains are majestic. I even found a favorite restaurant, Beyond Bread. The festival was very well organized. It never felt crowded because book people are so polite and congenial.

- Christine Kohler

Mar 01, 2014 1:12 PM EST

http://flip.it/DOlmp added to my emagazine World war II Discoveries & Recoveries. while veiwable in browser is looks better on ipad or kindles Flipboard app. looking forward to reading.

- lonnie martin

Mar 02, 2014 7:30 AM EST

Thanks for hosting me, Christine! I got your book last week! Can't wait to read it!

- Mary Cronk Farrell

Mar 02, 2014 9:35 AM EST

Thanks so much for the blog article, Mary. Now that it is released (March 1) I can't wait from my copy to arrive. (I buy on-line through B&N.) Great topic! My sister is a geriatrics nurse and I applaud nurses everywhere for their dedication to helping people, despite the difficulties. >< >< >< >< (applause!)

- Christine Kohler

Mar 02, 2014 9:41 AM EST

Lonnie Martin, thank you so much for adding this article info to your e-zine WWII Discoveries & Recoveries! The flip art style of the 'zine is really clever. It gives the feeling of reading a print 'zine. Here's the link again, folks: https://flipboard.com/section/world-war-ii-discoveries-b0k81V

I'll give this WWII resource a Shout Out on other network sites.
Mahalo!
Christine

- Christine Kohler

Mar 13, 2014 10:46 AM EDT

Newspaper reporters and civic leaders categorized the nurses in familiar women’s roles, either exaggerating their femininity or imagining salacious behavior. Post-war doctors and psychologists treating POW’s focused on men. No woman had earned the Combat Infantry Badge, and history would remember the men who had.

The Combat Medical Badge is an award of the United States Army which was first created in January 1945. Any member of the Army Medical Department, at the rank of Colonel or below, who is assigned or attached to a medical unit (company or smaller size) which provides medical support to a ground combat arms unit during any period in which the unit was engaged in active ground combat is eligible for the CMB.

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Medical_Badge

All recipients of the badges during WWII are entitled to the Bronze Star Medal In the nurses' cases, the Bronze Star Medal (First OLC) since all are eligible for the first BSM.

- MSgt Robert E. Johnson, USAF, Retired

Mar 16, 2014 8:11 PM EDT

MSgt (ret) Robert Johnson, thank you for adding additional information to this important conversation.

[My apologies for delying on approving and commenting. I'm at the Tucson Festival of Books.]

- Christine Kohler