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Quaker Earl
The Quaker Meeting in Cornwall, NY I generated the audio from an earlier post. Just to see how well it works. Probably could benefit from some finessing. Any helpful criticism is very appreciated.
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A.I. is weird.
In my previous post, I discussed how I sent the Clove draft to the AI beta-reading site AuthorCraft. It supplied me with a HUGE amount of useful information broken down into “Critical”, “Moderate”, and “Minor” suggestions for style, scenario, and characters. I saved the info as a PDF, and it…
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Tuxedo Historical Society
On Feb 15th, 2026, we traveled down to the Tuxedo Historical Society to see the opening of their exhibit “The Continental Road & The Ramapough Pass in the Revolutionary War 1777-1780.” It was great to see the information presented, including a beautiful map of the area with the Taverns highlighted along Clove…
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The Podcast Page
PodcastPodcast Interview Script: The Clove Blog Podcast Episode Title: The First One, by Walter Earl (Intro Music: “My Song 1” fading out after a few seconds) Nathan: Welcome to “The Clove Blog Podcast,” the podcast that explores the history behind the writing of the Clove Novel and a companion to…
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The Halloween Episode
A very cool aspect of researching The Clove has been the ability to drive to many of the locations where the events took place. A crucial part of the book takes place when Ben and Richard Earl travel to Alligerville, NY to pick up millstones made by Benjamin Alliger and…
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Where’s it at?
I love real, physical maps. The digital, super-accurate versions have placed a wealth of information options at the touch of your phone. To me, they are cold and devoid of personality. There’s nothing like the self importance a kid feels unfolding a three-by-four-foot state map when they are in the…
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My historian Dad.
My father, Walter Brophy Earl, didn’t say much. I learned most about him through my Mother or by observing him. He was essentially an eccentric nerd as a young man, helping his parents, Cornwall’s Town Clerks, collecting stamps, and a love of projecting movies outdoors for a neighborhood theater. He…
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Backwoods Butchershop
Many years ago when I was a student at the Culinary Institute of America the scheme was that the newer student/chefs start off learning the basics of all things related to cuisine and by the end of your time there you are designing your own restaurant and cooking in one…
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Field Work
Back in 2023 I took a trip down to Tuxedo Park in Rockland County to visit the site of the hangout of the villains in my novel. Claudius Smith’s “Den” is a well-documented location on one of the peaks that make up Dunderberg Mountain in the middle of Harriman State…
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Licence to Thrill?
“The Clove” is my attempt to retell part of the story of Claudius Smith’s notorious gang of terrorists, the latest and probably not the last of historical fictions to deal with the subject. Over the years, there have been more than a few variations on the story. Most published versions I…