
How Real Stories Inspire Historical Fiction
Caroline McGhie is an award-winning journalist who has written for The Sunday Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph, and was part of the launch team for The Independent on Sunday.

Caroline McGhie is an award-winning journalist who has written for The Sunday Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph, and was part of the launch team for The Independent on Sunday.

Under the heading of Writing History I’ve posted several times on actions taken by Donald Trump and his administration and with how those actions map to Project 2025. Indeed you

I’m delighted to have Sophie Perinot on the blog today discussing her journey as an author. Sophie and I have met a few times at HNS conferences and connect regularly

I connected with Bob Rich, an Australian author, quite a few years ago. Bob is a dedicated writer who says that “a writer must write” and that he can no more give

Jane Johnson is a British author who writes historical fiction set mainly in Cornwall and Morocco. “Morocco?” you say. “How intriguing.” And yes, her story is intriguing and her novels

When I read, I always underline significant sentences, examples of great writing, compelling descriptions, and quotes about life to reflect on. Since most of my reading is e-books, I have

Author RJ Verity‘s new novel Poole of Light is set in twentieth century Britain and is the first in The Poole Legacy trilogy. Set against the rise of British cinema, it tells

Steven Leibo, writing fiction as Li Bo, is the author of the Sino-American Tales which includes: Tienkuo The Heavenly Kingdom, Beyond the Heavenly Kingdom, and Under Heaven’s Watch (upcoming). He

A few weeks ago, I wrote about building a TBR list. That post generated quite a bit of interest so I thought I would report back on one of the

Back in 2023 at the Historical Novel Society conference, Libbie Grant mentioned her early experiments with AI, specifically ChatGPT. Libbie said that this ‘relatively new tool’ was helping her be
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