Writing Fabulous
Family Histories
Online Genealogy Writing Courses
by author and genealogist
CAROL BAXTER
NEWSFLASH
The Writing Fabulous Family Histories website is being wound down
and will go offline in July 2024.
It is too late to subscribe to any courses.
Wanting to write a family history that readers will want to read?
Seeking a family history writing course or other form of guidance?
In her Writing Fabulous Family Histories courses, Carol Baxter teaches you how to:
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Structure a family history or other piece of writing
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Write an interesting family history or other work of nonfiction
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Publish a family history or biography or "how to" book.
Who is Carol Baxter?
A UNIQUE FAMILY HISTORY WRITING TEACHER
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Internationally acclaimed author
Carol's six "popular histories" are internationally acclaimed: "as lively and readable as a crime novel" (The Times, London).
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Film and television contracts
Carol's biography, The Fabulous Flying Mrs Miller, is being turned into a television series, The Aviatrix.
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Editor in genealogical publishing company
As General Editor of the Biographical Database of Australia, Carol edited many volumes of Australian record transcriptions.
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Author of genealogy "how to" books
Carol has written many "how to" publications, including Writing Interesting Family Histories.
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International genealogy speaker
Carol has spoken at many genealogy conferences, including four Unlock the Past cruise ship conferences, and is a valued Legacy Family Tree Webinar speaker.
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Genealogical and historical accolades
For her services to Australian genealogy and history, Carol was made a Fellow of the Society of Australian Genealogists and an adjunct lecturer at the University of New England (NSW).
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Cruise ship speaker
Carol turned her popular histories into gripping cruise ship talks. Her cruise ship speaking adventures include a Crystal cruise from Los Angeles to Auckland in 2019. An attendee described her as a "master storyteller".
Carol brings these unique experiences and this skill-set to the genealogy world in her Writing Fabulous Family Histories courses.
Carol's words of writing wisdom
To write an interesting family history or biography or other work of nonfiction,
we don't need to keep adding more and more dry facts.
We need to find the right words to communicate those facts in an interesting way.
Every author has the same words to choose from.
The difference between "boring" and "gripping"
is largely due to the author's choice of words,
and how those words are combined to form sentences, paragraphs, chapters and an entire book.
Hence the Writing Fabulous Family Histories logo:
Teaching you how to write,
not just what to write.
LESSONS AND BOOKS - NOW AVAILABLE
WRITING TEACHER REVIEWS
Great job on the Crafting Catchy Titles videos. You are truly a literary alchemist turning lead into gold! You are also the only person I know that can make blood fizz! (as in Chubbie's excitement)
Scott Asproth, USA
Carol’s webinars are entertaining and informative. I am listening to the webinars again and they are still inspirational. Thank you very much Carol for all your hard work.
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Annette Sheen, Australia
Thank you Carol for creating the Writing Fabulous Family History website. Each course captivates and prepares me for the exercises. Private and group zoom coaching sessions complement the courses and our individual writing projects.
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Cheri Weakley, Pennsylvania, USA
I’m working hard to listen to as many sessions of Words, Words, Words as I can. ... The grammatical structure is reasonably familiar but it is the way that you illustrate how to use different structures to such good effect that has me absolutely wrapped. Loving it!
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Di Johnson, Tasmania, Australia
Absolutely fabulous! Carol is such a great presenter and I love her webinars! I have learned more about writing from her than I have from many previous writing courses and webinars. She is fantastic! Thank you for this wonderful series!
Karen Mcatlin re Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Absolutely wonderful. Best lesson in writing I have seen, and fun to watch as well.
Rhonda Berry re Legacy Family Tree Webinars
