For 18 years, Carol Baldwin worked on a historical YA noveltitled “Half-Truths.” Reading books, interviewing people, and visiting locations, Carol poured her heart and soul into telling the story of an unlikely relationship between two girls in 1950 North Carolina. One white, one black.

Now that the book has been published, Carol offers someinsights on how to persevere, what she learned over the years, and how muchresearch it takes to bring a moment in history to life. Stay tuned to the endof the episode, to learn how to win a copy of Half-Truths!

Books that Carol read:

The color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity inRacism by Jemar Tisby.

Virus of Fear by W. Horace Carter

Blue Willow by Doris Gates

Carol’s Socials:

https://www.pinterest.com/carolannbaldwin/_saved/

https://carolbaldwinbooks.com/?s=historical+fiction

https://www.facebook.com/authorCarolBaldwin

https://www.instagram.com/carolbaldwin121/

https://x.com/CBaldwinAuthor

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-baldwin-0b823715/

To enter the giveaway: email a screenshot of your review ofthe podcast to contact@write2ignite.com

Music:

In the Field

In The Field by Audionautix is licensed under a CreativeCommons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Artist: http://audionautix.com/