Pete Dulin http://www.petedulin.com/ Author Sun, 24 Aug 2025 16:34:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.petedulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-cropped-Pete-Dulin-button-1-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Pete Dulin http://www.petedulin.com/ 32 32 197751705 Writer’s Notebook: Continual Learning https://www.petedulin.com/continual-learning/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 16:15:52 +0000 https://www.petedulin.com/?p=455615 Writing well involves continual learning. That reminder smacked me in the back of the head after receiving pointed but helpful feedback on the first draft of my book manuscript. Writing is a craft. Work by other published authors serves as a guide on how to improve my own writing skills.

The post Writer’s Notebook: Continual Learning appeared first on Pete Dulin.

]]> 455615 The Importance of Writing About History https://www.petedulin.com/writing-about-history/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:48:42 +0000 https://www.petedulin.com/?p=455605 Writing about history documents and provides context to the story of people and the times they lived in, a main goal of Barons, Brewers, and Bootleggers: A Social History of Beer in Missouri.

The post The Importance of Writing About History appeared first on Pete Dulin.

]]> 455605 What More Could a German Heart Possibly Wish For? https://www.petedulin.com/german-beer-garden-in-st-louis/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:25:25 +0000 https://www.petedulin.com/?p=455587 Writing Barons, Brewers, and Bootleggers: A Social History of Beer in Missouri resulted in leftovers that didn’t make it into the manuscript, such as notes on German beer gardens in St. Louis.

The post What More Could a German Heart Possibly Wish For? appeared first on Pete Dulin.

]]> 455587 Deadline Met for Barons, Brewers, and Bootleggers https://www.petedulin.com/deadline-met-barons-brewers-and-bootleggers/ Fri, 04 Jul 2025 20:06:37 +0000 https://www.petedulin.com/?p=455563 After 18 months of research, writing, travel, and side work, I met my July 1, 2025, deadline to submit the manuscript for Barons, Brewers, and Bootleggers: A Social History of Missouri to the publisher, University of Missouri Press. The final push from spring through early summer 2025 involved keeping my head down and fingers typing …

Continue reading "Deadline Met for Barons, Brewers, and Bootleggers"

The post Deadline Met for Barons, Brewers, and Bootleggers appeared first on Pete Dulin.

]]> 455563 Lingering Inland https://www.petedulin.com/lingering-inland/ Fri, 04 Jul 2025 19:28:55 +0000 https://www.petedulin.com/?p=455556 The New Territory has collaborated with University of Illinois Press to collect and publish Lingering Inland, 73 essays edited by Andy Oler that originally appeared in the magazine’s #LiteraryLandscapes series. Pre-orders will ship in November 2025 just in time for the holidays. Hint, hint. I’m excited to see these essays collected as a print book. …

Continue reading "Lingering Inland"

The post Lingering Inland appeared first on Pete Dulin.

]]> 455556