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
I’m taking the liberty of repeating parts of a post I did several months ago about favourite reading related sites. The reason – I just saw that the Miami Book Fair
This week’s Bookends, a feature in the New York Times Book Review, asks two authors to describe their non-literary influences. Thomas Mallon who writes historical fiction cites photos such as one
I’m working on my third novel, Time & Regret, the story of Martin Devlin and his granddaughter, Grace, who tries to solve a mystery he left for her embedded in
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
