Notes from the Blackwood desk.

THE JOURNAL

Writing updates, historical holes, research notes, and the occasional glimpse behind the stories.

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From the desk.

Writing updates, research notes, historical rabbit holes, and the occasional dispatch from whatever story has taken over the desk.

An antique map of the United Kingdom with a magnifying glass placed over it, surrounded by old books, a candle lantern, a feather quill, and historical artifacts on a wooden table.

RESEARCH NOTES

What the Record Leaves Out

SEPTEMBER 2026

History rarely gives us a complete story. More often, it leaves fragments—a name in the wrong place, an object without an owner, a woman mentioned once before disappearing from the record entirely.

Those gaps are usually where my research gets interesting.

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