Fw: H-ASIA: Member Publication: From Historical Monograph to Historical Fiction (Leibo)

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Subject: H-ASIA: Member Publication: From Historical Monograph to Historical
Fiction (Leibo)

> H-ASIA
> February 9, 2011
>
> Member Publication: From Historical Monograph to Historical Fiction (S.
> Leibo)
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> From: "Steven A. Leibo" <leibo@albany.edu>
>
> Colleagues:
>
> As some of you know, after I finished my two monographs on Prosper
> Giquel, _Transferring Technology to China, Prosper Giquel and the
> Chinese Self Strengthening Movement_ and his _Journal of the Chinese
> Civil War 1864_, I decided at Sam Chu of Ohio state's suggestion to try
> to turn the material into a historical novel. Sam's idea eventually
> became _Tienkuo: The Heavenly Kingdom_ and as I mentioned last year, I
> had finally managed to get it set up as a downloadable Amazon e-book.
> It has now been a year and I thought people might like an update.
>
> Amazon is now giving authors a 70% royalty and the book has been selling
> regularly on their site. In short, for those of you who have toyed with
> the idea of going down this path of combining our historical research and
> fictional predilections, it now seems like a very viable idea.
>
> An another matter, I mentioned earlier that my new article "Asia the
> Climate Crisis" was about to be published in the Association of Asian
> Studies' journal _Education About Asia_. That issue has now been
> officially published and the editors have been kind enough to allow me to
> mount the digital version on my website located at
> http://sagethoughts.wordpress.com/updating-an-inconvenient-truth/asia-the-climate-crisis/
>
> Hoping some of you will find the above helpful.
>
> Steven A. Leibo Ph.D.
> Professor of Modern International History & Politics
> The Sage Colleges
> International Affairs Commentator
> WAMC Northeast Public Radio
> Leibo's World Watch Blog
> http://sagethoughts.wordpress.com/
>
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