Beyond writing historical fiction, Jennifer Robson and I share Toronto as our home town and I was delighted to meet her in person two months ago. Goodnight From London, Jennifer’s latest
A departure from historical fiction to consider life in general. One of my favourite newspapers is the New York Times. We get the Sunday NYT in Toronto as well as
The Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret George releases today in the US and on March 9th in the UK. What does it take to write such a novel? How
Yesterday, I wrote the penultimate – I don’t think I’ve ever had occasion to use that word before – chapter for my WIP. And today I will write the last
If I were cleverer or a more experienced writer, I would have written my novels as a series. Planned them out in such a way that novel one would have
Friend, fellow author and writing coach Barbara Kyle has just released a book called Page Turner: Your Guide to Writing a Novel that Publishers Want and Readers Buy. I can
Derek Birks and I met in 2014 at the Historical Novel Society conference in London where we talked about our respective time periods and the passion we share for writing
After a crazy-busy summer, I’ve spent almost two weeks working on my latest manuscript. The concentrated time has been perfect. Some tactics that have made it productive: Organize – clear
Today’s guest – aren’t we lucky to have such interesting guests stop by? – is John Cahill. John was born and raised in the history-rich Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. It
Geoff Micks is a fellow Toronto author whom I met online a while ago. He’s already written three novels, the last one being itself the first of planned trilogy with an
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
