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# Elizabeth Bell, Author

Author of the Lazare Family Saga

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [Blog](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/blog/) - A blog about my writing and research
- [I Go Chasing Waterfalls in Shenandoah National Park](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/i-go-chasing-waterfalls-in-shenandoah-national-park/)
- [Let's Get Square](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/lets-get-square/)
- [Third Time's the Charm?](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/third-times-the-charm/)
- [Behind My 2026 Covers](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/behind-my-2026-covers/)
- [The Language of Flowers](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/the-language-of-flowers/)
- [My Creative Process](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/my-creative-process/)
- [Necessary Sins Has a New Cover!](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/necessary-sins-has-a-new-cover/)
- [For the Love of Critters](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/for-the-love-of-critters/)
- [The Art Over My Desk](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/the-art-over-my-desk/)
- [Flashback: The Year It All Began](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/flashback-the-year-it-all-began/)
- [What I'm Working On Now](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/what-im-working-on-now/)
- [Alternate Opening / Deleted Scene](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/alternate-opening-deleted-scene/)
- [Anatomy of a Book Cover, Part 2](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/anatomy-of-a-book-cover-part-2/)
- [Now in Audio: The Complete Lazare Family Saga!](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/now-in-audio-the-complete-lazare-family-saga/) - It is finished! My marvelous narrator and I have wrapped the fourth and final audiobook in The Lazare Family Saga, Sweet Medicine! Here are the stats for the complete series: 526,397 total words performed 222 final audio files 60.75 final audiobook hours 14 songs performed in 11 genres and 5 languages(Ballad, opera aria, Latin plainchant, lullaby, African-American spiritual, juba chant, The complete Lazare Family Saga, my historical fiction quartet, is now available in audio.
- [Anatomy of a Book Cover, Part 1](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/anatomy-of-a-book-cover-part-1/)
- [Character Art!](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/character-art/)
- [My Pen Name](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/my-pen-name/) - Why I write under the pen name Elizabeth Bell
- [What's a Claire-Voie?](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/whats-a-claire-voie/)
- [The Sweetest Medicine](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/the-sweetest-medicine/)
- [My Debt to Colonial Williamsburg](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/my-debt-to-colonial-williamsburg/) - Most of my Lazare Family Saga series takes place in the 19th century, so you might think visits to an 18th-century living history museum wouldn't be terribly useful to my research. In fact, Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia was one of the richest sources for my fiction set mostly in 19th-century South Carolina. Here's how! After I moved
- [How I Found My Audiobook Narrator](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/how-i-found-my-audiobook-narrator/)
- [On Second Thought...](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/on-second-thought/) - "Ring out the old, ring in the new…" — Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam (1850) In November-December 2021, I completed a new edit of the entire Lazare Family Saga. I am a perfectionist; I could honestly go through these long books every year and find things to change. But I shall endeavor to be satisfied"Ring out the old, ring in the new…" — Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam (1850) In November-December 2021, I completed a new edit of the entire Lazare Family Saga. I am a perfectionist; I could honestly go through these long books every year and find things to change. But I shall endeavor to be satisfied
- [Necessary Sins Is An Audiobook!](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/necessary-sins-is-an-audiobook/)
- [Do I Get An A+?](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/do-i-get-an-a/)
- [A Lazare Family Tree](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/a-lazare-family-tree/)
- [Why Go Indie?](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/why-go-indie/) - I explain querying and why I chose to self-publish my historical family saga
- [What's That Symbol?](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/whats-that-symbol/) - I explain my logo
- [What's in a (Character) Name?](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/whats-in-a-character-name/) - I explain why I gave my central characters the names I did and share the rejects
- [When the Research Rabbit Hole Leads You Back Home](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/when-the-research-rabbit-hole-leads-you-back-home/) - How I solved a story problem in an unexpected way
- [The Importance of Warts](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/the-importance-of-warts/)
- [What's Your Genre?](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/whats-your-genre/) - Why my fiction is cross-genre

## Pages

- [Home](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/) - Author of the Lazare Family Saga
- [Lazare Family Saga](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/books/lazare-family-saga/)
- [FAQ](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/faq/) - Questions I've been asked by readers and things potential readers might like to know about my work.
- [Contact Me](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/contact-me/) - How to get in touch with historical novelist Elizabeth Bell
- [Books](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/books/)
- [I'm testing a new cover design!](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/new-cover-design-1/)
- [The Lazare Family Saga in Audio](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/the-lazare-family-saga-in-audio/)
- [Trigger/Content Warnings for My Novels](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/trigger-warnings/) - Readers who prefer "clean reads" or who are suffering from PTSD may wish to consult this page.
- [Native Stranger & Sweet Medicine Bibliography](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/bibliography-for-books-3-4/) - Sources I used in writing Native Stranger and Sweet Medicine
- [My Research](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/research/) - The sources I've used as I've researched my historical fiction
- [About Me](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/about/) - A biography that explains how long I've been writing and the research I've done for my historical fiction
- [Glossary](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/glossary/) - The specialized terms I use in my historical fiction are explained. Some are French, some are Catholic, some are racial terms.
- [Behind My A+ Images](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/behind-my-a-images/)
- [Interviews and Guest Posts](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/interviews/) - Interviews with me and posts I've written on other websites
- [Lost Saints Bibliography](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/lost-saints-bibliography/) - Sources I used in writing Lost Saints
- [Necessary Sins Bibliography](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/necessary-sins-bibliography/) - Sources I used in writing Necessary Sins

## Elements

- [Lazare Family Saga](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/?kadence_element=lazare-family-saga)
- [Books Archive](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/?kadence_element=books-archive)
- [Blog Archive](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/?kadence_element=blog-archive)

## Books

- [Book Four: Sweet Medicine](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/book/sweet-medicine/)
- [Book Three: Native Stranger](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/book/native-stranger/)
- [Book Two: Lost Saints](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/book/lost-saints/)
- [Book One: Necessary Sins](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/book/necessary-sins/)

## Categories

- [Writing](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/writing/)
- [Historical Fiction](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/historical-fiction/)
- [Interpretation](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/interpretation/)
- [Authenticity](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/authenticity/)
- [Racism](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/racism/)
- [Publishing](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/publishing/)
- [Going Indie](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/going-indie/)
- [Release Day](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/release-day/)
- [Sale](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/sale/)
- [Research](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/research/)
- [African-American History](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/african-american-history/)
- [Conference](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/conference/)
- [Historical Novel Society](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/historical-novel-society/)
- [Writer's Life](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/writers-life/)
- [Audiobooks](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/audiobooks/)
- [Marketing](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/marketing/)
- [Covers](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/covers/)
- [Art](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/art/)
- [Nature](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/category/nature/)

## Tags

- [pen name](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/pen-name/)
- [genre](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/genre/)
- [inspiration](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/inspiration/)
- [saga](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/saga/)
- [epic](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/epic/)
- [authenticity](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/authenticity/)
- [interpretation](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/interpretation/)
- [racism](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/racism/)
- [symbol](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/symbol/)
- [logo](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/logo/)
- [motif](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/motif/)
- [meaning](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/meaning/)
- [ironwork](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/ironwork/)
- [Research](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/research/)
- [titles](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/titles/)
- [marketing](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/marketing/)
- [covers](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/covers/)
- [editing](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/editing/)
- [design](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/design/)
- [audiobooks](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/audiobooks/)
- [indie](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/indie/)
- [audio](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/audio/)
- [narrator](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/narrator/)
- [new release](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/new-release/)
- [art](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/art/)
- [artwork](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/artwork/)
- [characters](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/characters/)
- [creativity](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/creativity/)
- [process](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/process/)
- [animals](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/tag/animals/)

## Series

- [Lazare Family Saga](https://elizabethbellauthor.com/series/lazare-family-saga/)