Myfanwy Cook‘s Historical Fiction Writing: A Practical Guide and Toolkit is next in the list of books I’ve been reading about the craft of writing historical fiction. Myfanwy is a prize winning
As part of my efforts to dig inside historical fiction, last week I began reading Marina Oliver‘s Writing Historical Fiction: How to Write an Historical Blockbuster. While much of the advice
Jean Fullerton has kindly agreed to answer questions about historical fiction – the writing and research and other critical ingredients. I’ve been Facebook friends with Jean for a while and was
The writers map of historical fiction, stirred quite a response. Comments and suggestions have prompted me to augment the map using insights from those who responded as well as ideas from past
While messing around on Google, I found this diagram created by the NHCA Library Media Centre. I don’t think it’s sharply focused enough – too generic. What do you think and
In September, when I was at the Historical Novel Society London conference, I met Helen Hart from SilverWood Books, who is a reviewer for HNS Indie Reviews. Helen dropped me
I’m delighted to have Barbara Kyle on the blog today. I had the pleasure of meeting Barbara – a writer of historical fiction and contemporary thrillers – online before meeting
Continuing Martin Devlin’s saga as told in his WWI diaries. May 7, 1915 Bonnie said she wouldn’t wait for me. What she actually said was that she didn’t want to
Last Friday I wrote about Killing My Darlings which resulted in deleting the first eleven chapters of Time & Regret. But then I had another thought. Perhaps some of the materials
The first time I heard this phrase, I had no idea what it meant. And now I can toss it around like any other seasoned writer. Time & Regret is
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
