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I am a historian. I do a lot of research, and I try to get it right.

I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.

With historicals, the research is half the fun. Contemporaries are especially easy. People are right out there in front of you; you meet them every day. You can concentrate wholly on the story and characters.

I have a strong impulse to protect history and time and the lineage of events.

As a historian, what I trust is my ability to take a mass of information and tell a story shaped around it.

Doors open to you every time you get a different role. So, yeah, the research is my passion; that's why I keep doing it.

I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The National Institutes of Health, and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects.

I like historical things; I like researching things.

I was genuinely lucky to have the professors I did, many of whom took a very humanist approach in teaching history that went beyond memorizing dates and battles and all of that - basically, looking at the life of individuals throughout history, aided by fascinating primary sources.

I'm focused on being the best, making history.