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The Boy with Blue Trousers – Research Video Two

By: Carol Jones July 10, 2019

Author, historical fiction, Research, The Boy With Blue Trousers, Writing researchChinese gold seekers, kangaroo inn, Robe SA, trek from RobeLeave a Comment

A video taken in the ruins of Kangaroo Inn on the road from Robe, SA, a stopping point along the route that the Chinese miners took to the goldfields in the 1850s.

Researching The Boy with Blue Trousers – Video One

By: Carol Jones June 23, 2019June 23, 2019

Author, historical fiction, Research, The Boy With Blue Trousers, Writing researchChinese gold seekers, Robe SA, trek from RobeLeave a Comment

A video taken on location in Robe, SA, where the Chinese miners landed

Of Tools and Implements in Old Nanjing

By: Carol Jones February 6, 2019February 6, 2019

Author, historical fiction, Research, Travel, Writing researchChina, Nanjing, old stables, Presidential Palace Nanjing, writing historical fictionLeave a Comment

A writer of historical fiction dwells in the kitchens, barns, boats, farms, stables and workshops of many eras

Old House in Fuqing

By: Carol Jones March 20, 2018March 20, 2018

Author, Research, Travel, Writing researchFuqing China AncestorsLeave a Comment

Fuqing was the birthplace of my partner’s paternal grandfather, who was born into a family of chopstick makers.

The Scholar’s House – Fuzhou

By: Carol Jones January 1, 2018December 12, 2017

Author, Travel, Writing researchChina, Fuzhou, Scholar's House1 Comment

As I write scenes for my next novel set in a wealthy landowner’s house, I look back on these photographs of a Scholar’s House in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province.