2015 was a banner year for articles on historical fiction that struck a chord with followers of A Writer of History. I hope you enjoy reading or rereading some of these.
In 2015 Inside Historical Fiction became a new focus for A Writer of History. With this topic I and others looked under the covers of historical fiction to illuminate those attributes that make it different from contemporary fiction. If you’d like to explore this topic, use the search term ‘inside historical fiction’.
Author T.K. Thorne offered an analogy between painting and writing with some excellent words of advice that appealed to many readers.
7 Elements of Historical Fiction is a perennial favourite. It explores how character, dialogue, setting, theme, plot, conflict, and world building – the basic elements of any story – are challenged for historical fiction.
During 2015, I also explored social reading beginning with 10 thoughts on the subject. Social reading refers to the conversations readers have with one another, with writers and with bloggers in the changing dynamic of reading.
Are you an author? If so, have you considered the concept of market segments for your novels? This post illustrates the concept based on market segments I created for one of my novels.
Beyond entertainment, what is the purpose of historical fiction?
I asked readers whether they prefer their historical fiction centred on famous figures or fictional characters? Two subsequent articles explore this topic further: Historical fiction Without the Famous and Historical Fiction Without the Famous part 2.
In 2015, I conducted my third reader survey. The results were a popular read.
In 2015, I asked readers to list their favourite historical fiction titles for the first time. Lots of great novels in this list.
Noah Lukeman is the author of The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile. Noah knows a thing of two about finding top-notch manuscripts to represent. And he presents his advice simply and succinctly, using lots of examples to illustrate his points.
Favourite historical fiction authors from three different surveys are presented in this post.
Two articles on historical research written by Leah Klocek attracted a lot of interest from authors .. part one and part two.
Happy reading. I hope you find many of these interesting.
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M.K. Tod writes historical fiction. Her latest novel, TIME AND REGRET was published by Lake Union. Mary’s other novels, LIES TOLD IN SILENCE and UNRAVELLED are available from Amazon, Nook, Kobo, Google Play and iTunes. She can be contacted on Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads or on her website www.mktod.com.
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