Roanoke 1584-1590: The Family Treez of the USA, Book 1 DESCRIPTION

This is a temporary description of the book, " Roanoke 1584-1590: The Family Treez of the USA, Book 1." I will write a much better one later. But, here is a foretaste:

DESCRIPTION

Three cousins make it their dream to explore the world. Their dream morphed into starting a new colony in America. Raleigh, Grenville, and Arundell see it happen as Stafford seeks asylum. This is the story of a dream and the lives of four men, their women, and family. 

This story is about Roanoke (in what would later be called Virginia) 1584-1590.

The Family Treez of the USA Series is a saga of a real-life, American, Christian family traced from about 1388 to today. 

Every family tree intersects--and has a destiny, a story to tell, and a purpose. every person, family, and lineage. 

Stacy Duplease

Historical Fiction Writer

The Family Treez of the USA Series

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez USA

Email: familytreezusa@gmail.com

Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction

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I decided to download the latest version of:

ROANOKE 1584-1590: The Family Treez of the USA Series, Book 1

I am too excited not to share it with you. 

Total Word Count: 7006 of 210000.

I will download the latest again on Friday at the latest.

Enjoy and Blessings,

Stacy Duplease
Historical Fiction Writer

The Family Treez of the USA Series

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez USA

Email: familytreezusa@gmail.com

Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction

The Writing of Roanoke 1584-1590 (News and Info)

Status of Roanoke 1584-1590: The Family Treez of the USA Series, Book 1: 

Writing. (Not planning, plotting, editing, or final publishing.)

Word Count: 6665 of 210,000 words (I started writing this book on 17 September 2012, Monday.)

Word Count Goal for 19 Sep. 2012: 5000 words

So, I am ahead with my writing. So far. (Whew.)

The Writing of This Book

There is something magical about going to a time different than our own. I do not care if it is time-traveling to the past or future. It is a different era and that brings a touch of imagination. Writing ROANOKE 1584-1590: The Family Treez of the USA Series, Book 1 is magical as well. But, it is also mind-boggling.

When I think that I am writing about actual family, it is pretty difficult to fully grasp. It makes the history take on a deeper meaning.

Then, to think of my patriotism and love of the United states of America, then add this lens of family history, and I am even more patriotic. I was patriotic before I learned about my family. Quite, actually. But, add the family dimension and it has grown a million-fold. 

I cannot look at anything in this country without feeling even more passionate than previously.

Writing this book has kindled even more of a passion for this great nation.

It has also added to a passion of history. I still cannot believe how little of a passion I had for history prior to moving here to Virginia. History was always my weakest subjects in school. My father sure tried to make me informed, though. He was successful in that endeavor. I learned far more about history from him than I did in all my 20 years of schooling combined. But, it was here in Virginia, in July 2011 that kindled my passion for U.S. history. To walk where America was founded, here in this part of Virginia, is humbling. Mind-boggling. Remarkable. Touching. Meaningful. To know that just up the street, so to speak, was where Cornwallis had Gates surrender to George Washington in the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War... To think that, sure, there were smaller battles after that for the next couple of years, but it was at Yorktown that we turned the tide of the war, is amazing. And, I had a family member who was a Colonel who was there at the surrender--at Surrender Field... It blows me away.

Therefore, knowing about my family history makes me more passionate about, well, all of it--and surely writing about it.

I have always loved to play the "Imagine Game," where I imagine what it was like to be these historical figures, doing what they did, at the time they did, and what they experienced, thought, and felt. Writing this book on Roanoke is no different. Except, it is personal as well as part of my patriotic act.

I want to write my family's story to help all of us learn about the true history of the United States of America, without even realizing it. That is my goal for this series. 

Can you imagine? I am sure trying. Hence, I write. 

Can You Imagine?

The story I am writing about Roanoke is about what happened before, during, and after the voyages to Roanoke. It's about the colony that was not lost and the colony that was. I am trying, and will try, to delve far more than any other book, about what it was like to be those who planned for the establishment of the first permanent English colony in North America--and what they went through with the great expectations before going to Roanoke, then finding out about the troubles of the colony, and not being able to get to the colony for three years. Then, when they got there, they discovered the colony was lost. There was no trace of them. Then, because of a storm, having to leave before you can do more of a search... Can you imagine? 

That is what this book is about.

It is the story of three men who dreamed of Roanoke, their families, and the temporarily lost dream. It's about how they got out of bed, and continuing with life, in the morning knowing about the lost colony. 

Can you imagine? I am sure trying. Hence, I write. 

And, what a story it is to tell!

Stacy Duplease
Historical Fiction Writer

The Family Treez of the USA Series

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez USA

Family Treez Blog and Website: http://familytreezusa.blogspot.com

Email: familytreezusa@gmail.com

Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction

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Historical Fiction Writer of:

Inspirational American Historical Ancestry Fiction

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez USA

Family Treez Blog and Website: http://familytreezusa.blogspot.com

Email: familytreezusa@gmail.com
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Book 2 Research and Discovery

You would not believe what I just discovered.

 

I have a relative who served in the American Revolutionary War--along with his 11 sons!!! (In Virginia!)

 

It seems like Book 2 will be about them.
 

Stacy Duplease
Historical Fiction Writer of:

Inspirational American Historical Ancestry Romance Fiction

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez USA

Family Treez Blog and Website: http://familytreezusa.blogspot.com and http://familytreezusa.tumblr.com

Email: familytreezusa@gmail.com
Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction   

Plan for the Family Treez of the USA Series

I have been working on planning for more of the books in this series.

 

I have a great deal family here in America since 1585. Future stories will talk about this. However, I realize that I have had several members in the American Revolutionary War and in the Civil War. Never mind all of the other wars. I also can trace my family line back to the Plantagenet and Tudor bloodlines in England and France. I come from a line of several famous and infamous Kings and Queens. But, it is the fact that I have had over 23 members of my family beheaded or executed in England that I find most interesting. (How is that for a claim?!?)  

 

Each of these periods of time begs the questions: Why America? Why now? What was life like? How did their faith shape them as people and as Americans? (Or, add England for the other family members.)

 

Therefore, here is my plan for the enxt couple of years. I will write a book from each of these times frames in the following order:

~ Jamestown

~ American Revolutionary War

~ Civil War

~ England (Tower Series)

 

Hopefully, I will write 2 books from each segment each year. This is my goal. (We shall see.)

 

In other words, if you do not prefer the period of time a book is set in, wait for the enxt, and it will change. But, read all of them, and get a glimpse of an American family with English roots.

(Image Credit: Microsoft Images Online.)
 

Stacy Duplease
Historical Fiction Writer of:

Inspirational American Historical Ancestry Romance Fiction

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez USA

Family Treez Blog and Website: http://familytreezusa.blogspot.com and http://familytreezusa.tumblr.com

Email: familytreezusa@gmail.com
Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction   

An Interesting Fact

Where was the first permanent English colony in America?

I must admit that before I moved to Virginia, I would have given the wrong answer. 

Was it Plymouth, Massachusettes or Jamestown, Virginia?

The correct answer is Jamestown.

Jamestown is the real birthplace of the United States of America.

Did you know this?

(Photo credit: Stacy Duplease. 2012. At Jamestown.)

-- Stacy Duplease
Historical Fiction Writer
Sent from my cell.

Book 1

I guess it is about time I told you about Book 1 of the Family Treez of the USA Series. At this point, I must admit I am not sure of the title. I am calling it , A JAMESTOWN LIFE, today. But, who knows if it will stick. I sure do not know at this point. I am rather undecided at this point, I must admit. Here is what I am sure of, though:

Book 1 is about a married couple, Francis and Mary Mason, who make the decision to pick up their lives and move to Jamestown in America in 1613, along with their three year old daughter. They move from Norfolk, England. 

Can you imagine taking a trip for two to three months across the ocean to go to the place near the Lost Colony of Roanoke, known for the Starving Time and massacres by the natives?

There were few women and children as well at the time at Jamestown and in the surrounding areas.

I cannot imagine any of that, never mind the stress it would put on a marriage.

Welcome to Book 1 of the FAMILY TREEZ OF THE USA SERIES. 

It is about a real, Christian, American family. It is based off of my family. 

And I currently live just fifteen minutes from Jamestown and live in Hampton, where they settled. I did not know any of this until a couple of months ago. My husband and I moved to Virginia about 13 months ago. So, I have a really good idea of the setting. 

The Masons were not the only family to come to Jamestown. There were also the Tuckers, Arundells, Sherwoods, and Williamsons. This is a little foreshadowing for you and a little teaser of what is to come. Never mind a real-life mail order bride. 

See. I peaked your interest now, did I not?

BY THE WAY: The photo above is one I took of Jamestown a few months ago. This is at the archaeological dig. This is where the United States of America began and is where my ancestors tread. (Humbling. Amazing. Awe-inspiring. Mind-boggling.)

(Photo Credit: Stacy Duplease. 2012.)

-- Stacy Duplease
Sent from my cell.

Rootz (Roots)

Let me be honest. My family tree did not mean that much to me until June 2012. However, when I discovered I had a minimum of 22 family members land, settle, or be born in Jamestown, Virginia between 1585 and 1640, my heritage and lineage took on a whole new meaning.

Part of the reason why my family tree was not that important to me was because I am proud to be an American. I might be 50% German, 25% Swedish, and 8.33% English, 8.33% Irish, and 8.33% Scottish, but I am 100% American. Ask me to define who I am, 'American' is one of the things I will say. It is more than a place where I was born and raised. The United States of America is the best country on the planet: One Nation Under God--with the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution. With the world's greatest military. The U.S. means something to me. Deeply. Powerfully.

Therefore, when I moved to Virginia, the meaning of patriotism and American pride has taken on a whole new meaning. Virginia is America's birthplace. It is where we landed first and is where the final deciding battle of the American Revolutionary War took place. Surrender Field is 15 minutes from my house! Jamestown, where I had several family members take impacted by the Jamestown Massacre, is less than thirty minutes from my house. This means something. This is the United States and all her glory!

U.S. History has come alive in a fresh, bold way.

Then, to learn about my family tree... It has only cemented everything I just wrote a million times over. It's several exclamation points and underlines.

Roots have come to mean something more to me.

I am proud my family was here literally from the beginning and has fought in every war the United States of America has seen. This is what the Family Treez Historical Fiction Series is about and is why I am writing it. I hope that it will help you to learn more about our great nation--as you enjoy a work of fiction which makes it feel less like a history book.

U-S-A!!!

(Photo Credit: Microsoft Images Online)

Stacy Duplease
Geneaologist and Historical Fiction Writer

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez Etc

Family Treez Blog and Website: http://familytreezetc.blogspot.com

Email: familytreezetc@gmail.com
Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction   

Information about book, ELIZABETH

Elizabeth, along with the other books in this series, is a saga about a real-life American family. The story traces the lives of the Arundells from England to moving to America and what they encounter along the way. It's a story of love, ambition, trials, and life-transitions. This is a book and series of American Historical Fiction based loosely on a real-life family, the author's own family.
Elizabeth was married into the family, but that is what gives her a unique perspective on the Arundells. She went from rags to riches, and then followed her man, Peter, to travel across the Atlantic and go to Virginia in 16??, along with their three children. The book, Elizabeth, is about what they experience and how they are forever changed because of their travels and time in Virginia in Buckroe.
The Arundells, and other relatives, have fought in every war since their first landing at Jamestown Settlement and continues today. The series starts in 1597, but takes a look back to when their relative, John Arundell first goes to Roanoke with Sir Richard Grenville, his half-brother.
This series is about Virginia just as much as it is about the United States of America. It was in Virginia that was the first permanent English settlement, but in Yorktown was where the nation was fought for and won in the last decisive battle of the American Revolutionary War. Virginia is the real birthplace of the USA and has more history than most of the other 49 states combined.
The Arundells will grab your heart, help solidify your faith, and will help grow your patriotism and knowledge of American history, as you follow the family through the sunshine and clouds of life.

Stacy Duplease
Geneaologist and Historical Fiction Writer

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez Etc

Family Treez Blog and Website: http://familytreezetc.blogspot.com

Email: familytreezetc@gmail.com
Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction   

Would you believe?

A year ago, my husband and I moved to Virginia. We live in the Hampton/Newport News area. We are within a half hour's drive to Jamestown, Yorktown, or Williamsburg (aka the Historical Triangle).

Would you believe that up until a year ago, history was fascinating to me, but I was terrible with my knowledge of it? In fact, history was my weakest subject in school. For instance, I thought the first permanent English settlement was at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Now I know the error of my education. Jamestown is the correct answer, if you wanted to know.

Then again, I come from an era, in my schools at least, we studied the explorers every year. And I mean every year. We never made it to the 20th Century, so I could not see how the events of the past were linked with what happened today--and the implications from the past to today are gigantic and mighty. But, school never taught me this. My father did, however. (Thank God for him. Everything I know about history is because of him.)

I also did not read history books because I found them boring. Would you believe?

Sure, I got into historical fiction. But, that could hardly be counted as history, could it? (Hah! I see the error in my thinking now.)

I fell in the love with the history of Virginia, needless to say. Wow, that changed the moment we got to Virginia and the historical sites were able to win my love and passion, like a lover, in seconds. It was love at first sight.

I will visit Virginia for the rest of my life before I visit Washington D. C. The politicians might tell you the importance of the city. Sure, there are monuments and museums which are critical to the history and recognition of our great nation. I will not dispute that. Instead, I will visit D.C. Every 10 or 15 years. Virginia, however, I see visiting every 5. (We do not know if my husband's work will keep us here another year or two. But, we realize we have to plan for it only be one more just in case.) Virginia is where the United States of America was really founded.

Now, here is the best part. Would you believe that I had NO idea about my family tree, genealogy, or lineage until about two months ago? This knowledge has only added to my love affair with this part of the country and in Virginia.

So, how is all of that for a confession?

(Photo by Stacy Duplease.)

Stacy Duplease
Geneaologist and Historical Fiction Writer

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez Etc

Family Treez Blog and Website: http://familytreezetc.blogspot.com

Email: familytreezetc@gmail.com
Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction   

Elizabeth Book Cover and Camp NaNoWriMo

Here is the cover of the new book and attached is the link of where to find me at for Camp NaNoWriMo where you can track my progress:

http://www.campnanowrimo.org/campers/familytreezetc/novels/elizabeth-arundell-family-treez-of-the-usa-series-book-1

Stacy Duplease
Geneaologist and Historical Fiction Writer

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez Etc

Family Treez Blog and Website: http://familytreezetc.blogspot.com

Email: familytreezetc@gmail.com
Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction   

Changes and New Book: Elizabeth

I am afraid some changes have occurred. I just deleted the book, American Origins, and am starting again.

I am still doing Camp NaNoWriMo and will have to write a lot more each day to accomplish the feat. (2700 words--opposed to 2,000)

So, why am I changing the book? I realize that the Plantagenet and Tudor side of my family is fascinating, I want to deal with the American journey and the direct American relatives as a series of historical fiction.

I am sorry for the change, but I think you will be a great deal more satisfied with this change.

The new book is called: "Elizabeth."

It is of the:

Arundell Family Treez of the USA Series, Book #1

I will put this on Smashwords and in my store there as soon as possible. My guess is in the next couple of days.

Enjoy and have a blessed day!

(Photo is from Microsoft Images Online.)

Stacy Duplease
Geneaologist and Historical Fiction Writer

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez Etc

Family Treez Blog and Website: http://familytreezetc.blogspot.com

Email: familytreezetc@gmail.com
Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction   

The Historic Triangle

Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg are part of the Historic Triangle today. All three are in Virginia and are connected by the Colonial Parkway.

(Photo is by Stacy Duplease.)

-- Stacy Duplease
Sent from my Verizon Smartphone

Starting in Jamestown

The book, AMERICAN ROOTS 1585-1607 takes place mainly in Jamestown, Virginia. But, it starts in Roanoke, the Lost Colony of Virginia and the first attempt of making a permanent English settlement in America, the New World.

Jamestown is the first permanent English Settlement in the United States of America. It dates prior to Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Hence, Jamestown is the birthplace of the U.S.
(Photo by Stacy Duplease and Remembering Your Present, LLC.)
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Stacy Duplease
Geneaologist and Historical Fiction Writer

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez

Email: familytreezetc@gmail.com
Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction