previous post<\/a>. \u00a0They are only important to us as they effect something we are interested in.<\/p>\nAs an author, I see this very distinctly in doing research.\u00a0 I have been studying the history of Europe in 1848-9 for a book which is still in the very early stages right now.\u00a0 Ordinarily, the highly political and revolutionary events which occupied that place at that time would not hold a lot of interest for me.\u00a0 But because I was setting a story which I already cared about against this backdrop, the events took on a whole new interest.<\/p>\n
So if you don\u2019t find history exciting, if you see it as the study of dates and names and old, musty details of the past; if you have trouble teaching it, or learning it the hard, conventional way, why not try making a volume of historical fiction the backbone of your studies?\u00a0 You\u2019ll find it brings history alive in a wonderful way, and as you begin to care about the story, you just might discover an interest in the facts along the way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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