588 readers responded with enthusiasm to the question “what detracts from your enjoyment of historical fiction”. 44% Inaccuracies – includes seeing modern sensibilities in a historic setting, anachronisms, dialogue that
The survey asked those who rarely or never read historical fiction to comment on their reasons. Only 62 responded – a small sample from which to draw significant conclusions. 34%
Wednesday’s post included the first report of results from a recent historical fiction survey. Many have expressed interest in further analysis, here’s a list of topics I have planned: She
From March 14th to April 3, 2012, I conducted a survey of historical fiction readers. In total, 805 individuals responded. The data sheds light on preferences and habits of historical
The fine folks over at the Historical Novel Society published a list of 399 novels to be released from January to August of 2012. Because I write about the early
This post originally appeared on www.writeitdownith.com. Thanks, Downith. I’ve been wondering lately, whether writing historical fiction takes longer than what I’ll call ‘regular’ fiction. And, if that’s the case, am
Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine receiving almost 800 responses to a survey I launched seventeen days ago. One hundred maybe or, if luck intervened, perhaps two hundred
This post appeared earlier on One Writers Voice. Some time ago, I posted a piece written by a friend of mine, Michael Kirk, on how to research your connections to WWI. Mike
During WWI, official war diaries were a matter of standard practice, recording day by day the events that occupied millions of men. The following post originally occurred in One Writer’s
This is a tag/you’re it game, a Lucky Seven writing meme: Go to page 77 of your current MS Go to line 7 Copy down the next 7 line/sentences, and
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
