So, Are You Interested?

While I, myself, know I have a great interest in the events that took place during the 1704 Deerfield Massacre, I was unsure of how the topic would be of interest to potential readers and/or publishers.

However, after looking at the comments on the order page for the Captive Histories book, I saw comments such as the one below.

This encouraged me to see that there are indeed audiences with interest, not only in the raid itself, but in Eunice Williams; whom I previously stated I would like to follow in my narrative.

I am also aware that non-fiction stories are growing in popularity with contemporary audiences and therefore, should be of interest to publishers.

In my research, I discovered a couple of books already on the topic; however, besides the ones written by captives themselves, most are fiction stories. Mercy by Caroline B. Cooney is based on a real person called Mercy Carter, who was also a captive that decided to stay just like Eunice. Mercy is a piece of fiction and therefore, many events have been fabricated with very little fact actually present in the book.

While works of fiction, these books give me hope that my story will be of interest to audiences and publishers alike, possibly even more so, as the added feature of being a true story could potentially engage people even more.