Let’s face it: most people hate history. They were taught to hate history in school. Read a few boring textbooks. Watch a boring history movie. “This doesn’t apply to my life!”
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A point of divergence, often abbreviated as POD, is a specific moment in alternate history where events differ from actual history, leading to a new timeline. It serves as the starting point for exploring how different choices or events could have changed the course of history. But when I was at Author Nation, I referred to it as a period of divergence to a fellow author. He said he liked the sound of that.
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Pontiac’s War resulted in the Proclamation of 1763, which eventually led to events on 15 April 1775. While taxes and other actions provided propaganda material, the Proclamation itself was the true catalyst.
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Some Americans might remember the French and Indian War from high school. Few could tell you much about the Revolutionary War beyond 1776. Ask them about Pontiac’s Rebellion? Blank stares.
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My wife is amazed at how authors come up with stories. Some of us are full of it. She’ll tell you she doesn’t have any. I can conjure up an entire world and story in an afternoon. How?
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