Each quarter, as I type up my latest column for Western Pennsylvania History magazine, I check the handy dandy word count tool in Microsoft Word…and swear just a little. I’m over my limit, again. I do what I can to rein in the narrative to under 800 words, again. I send my apologies to the editorial team,… Continue reading Word Count: Elizabeth Hequembourg
A new item coming to a Free-Range Historian blog near you – a series, Word Count! Each quarter, as I type up my latest column for Western Pennsylvania History magazine, I check the handy dandy word count tool in Microsoft Word…and swear just a little. I’m over my limit, again. I do what I can to rein in… Continue reading Word Count: Julien Bryan
Historians are often accused of having their noses stuck in a book. Guilty. As. Charged. It’s hard to find something better than a good book, unless perhaps it’s a book you’ve designed and written yourself! That’s been my project this summer: creating an art catalog from scratch and managing its production from initial photography to… Continue reading Hot Off the Presses
If last year was about being stuck at home playing tomb raider in our own closets (thanks, COVID), this year is about being out in the field. Quite literally, in my case. The world and its cultural institutions are re-opening, and this happy historian has enjoyed free-ranging all over Northwestern Pennsylvania once again! While my… Continue reading In the Field
Ah yes, the excitement of finally putting pen to paper (or, since it's 2018, hands to keyboard) and transforming research notes into a finished publication. This is installment four of a company history that I started in May of this year, with a fifth soon to follow. So many of our local businesses have incredible… Continue reading Let’s Write.
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