world war ii Archives - Shelley Blanton-Stroud

We’re having a POSTER GIRL launch party!

Shelley Admin2023-09-14T20:47:38+00:00AUTHOR, book club, Book Event, Book signing, Capital Books, Copy Boy, Fact and fiction, historical fiction, History, Indie Bookstores, Launch, Poster Girl, women in history, world war ii|

I'm so excited to invite you to POSTER GIRL's book launch party, Tuesday, November 14, 5-7 pm at Rossi Sculptural [...]

Icons evolve. Poster girls evolve.

Shelley Admin2023-08-15T18:31:52+00:00Fact and fiction, historical fiction, History, Jane Benjamin, Poster Girl, propaganda, Rosie the riveter, women in history, world war ii|

It's three months out from pub day for Poster Girl, which deals with World War II era Rosie the Riveter and lesser [...]

Why propaganda works

Shelley Admin2023-07-18T16:41:37+00:00historian, historical fiction, History, Poster Girl, propaganda, Research, women in history, world war ii, writing|

A picture's worth a thousand words. Have you heard about the Picture Superiority Effect? Here's the short version. The brain processes pictures [...]

Bucking expectations

Shelley Admin2023-07-18T16:26:50+00:00historian, reader, women in history, world war ii|

Carolyn Martin has always been drawn to women's World War II-era stories. She's hosted me twice for book club gatherings [...]