Ask the Author: Gil Hahn
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Gil Hahn
Since I deal with non-fiction, I don't have the problem of invention running dry. If the ideas are developed, I work to get them onto paper. I know that whatever I write will be edited and rewritten, so getting it down is the key step. If the ideas don't work out on paper, I go back and rework the ideas until they make more sense.
Gil Hahn
I am working on a book about the naval blockade of the Confederate coast during the Civil War. The same book about the war on the coastal waters has been written many time, but no one has explored the tactics and logistics of the blockade or the international issues that arose as a facet of understanding the blockade.
Gil Hahn
I have been an avid reader for years, but from time to time I get frustrated by the fact that books do not address aspects of the issues that I find interesting.
Gil Hahn
I became interested in the resources that the Federals and the Confederates had available to them at the start of the Civil War. That blossomed into a fuller exploration of what the nation was like -- what people thought about, and did in their daily lives. The ultimate question is why the secession movement exploded the way that it did.
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