The first post in this series of three explored ‘tricks of the trade’ used by best-selling authors. The second post summarized five of James W. Hall’s twelve features from Hit
Today I welcome Michelle Moran, one of the top 20 favourite authors identified in the historical fiction survey. I am doubly pleased to publish her interview on the same day
A few weeks ago, Olly Wyatt connected with me after reading a post about the historical fiction survey. Olly has written a book called THE DEMOCRAT. In this guest post
Today I welcome C.W. Gortner, eighth on the list of favourite historical fiction authors. Since survey participants made me aware of Christopher Gortner, I have read The Last Queen and
I am extremely pleased that Sharon Kay Penman is here today talking about writing historical fiction. This spring’s survey placed Ms. Penman in the number one position with readers –
I am delighted that Susan Higginbotham joins the Top Historical Fiction Author series today. She brings fresh insight to the dialogue about writing historical fiction and I know that readers
The other day I wrote a guest post for the folks at Historical Tapestry who had asked me whether insights from my historical fiction survey will change my writing plans.
I am very pleased to announce Elizabeth Chadwick as the fourth interview in the Top Historical Fiction Author Series. In a recent survey of 805 individuals, readers ranked Ms. Chadwick third in
A week or so ago, I wrote about pacing (Take it Slow, Take it Fast) and included various definitions as well as a list of techniques to slow down or
Several days ago, a very kind literary agent offered feedback on two fifty page snippets of my writing. While he had some positive comments, when asked more directly, he said
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
