Every one of us who has any idea of history knows that 1917 was a rather big year in human history. The Great War. The end of empires. The end of the world as we knew it. The War to End all Wars. We often call it World War I here in America, but many historians say there were many global wars before it. The Spanish War against the Ottomans and their allies. Our French and Indian War was part of a much larger war between England and France that was fought all over the global. The War of 1812 was part of the Napoleonic Wars. And while the Crimean War was fought only in the Black Sea, it sucked in the most powerful empires of the time.<\/p>\n
I have been writing a series of stories with my Captain William Carter where he takes part in many of these conflicts. He is a monster hunter who does not age and fights the various supernatural forces that would twist our world. And one thing I do is I always try to make my stories align around real world things that really happened. And then I tell the “real” story of what “really” happened that day. What history records to cover up the real history. That means I take a lot of time studying history and figuring out what places and times would make for excellent stories where reality meets mystery and can be written in many ways.<\/p>\n
I just found another time and place that I intend to write a story about. Syria. 1917. November. Many historians will have an idea or five about what I intend to write about based on those three words. I have the characters. I know what officially happened. Now I just have to decide what will happen in my story that will result in that official history being written. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"