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Katherine Sherbrooke's avatar

Vintage magazines are my favorite source of research for historical fiction, hands down!

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Jennifer S. Brown's avatar

I've got loads if you are ever digging into a specific 20th century time period!

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Lara Lillibridge's avatar

Magazines are brilliant and I now must acquire some! #NoDak

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Jennifer S. Brown's avatar

Okay, that hashtag is the best. You can often get magazines in lots on eBay or Etsy. The quality may not be great, but if you're using them for reading and not collecting, the quality doesn't really matter as long as it's legible. #NoDak

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Elizabeth Preston's avatar

I love the idea of buying vintage magazines for research! You've been to the Highlights property, right? When I visited many years ago to speak at a retreat, they put me up in the main (?) house, and there was a room stuffed with very old magazines. I never wanted to leave.

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Jennifer S. Brown's avatar

I had no idea there was such a room! I'll seek it out the next time I go. Although, if I do that, I'll spend so much time perusing that I won't write, so there's that.

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Elizabeth Preston's avatar

They were worried I would find it too spooky to sleep in the old house by myself, ha! I was like, are you kidding? I'm moving in

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