Today I’ve selected authors’ tips on writing historical fiction from around the web. From How to Write Historical Fiction: 7 Tips on Accuracy and Authenticity by Susanna Calkins author of A Murder
January and a new year. A time for reflecting, for planning, and in my case, a time to think about writing. Last year’s overarching goals were: (1) Novels that are recognized
Author Tony Riches tweeted a link to Nat Schooler’s post – 11 Reasons Why To Build Your Personal Brand and it got me thinking: there must be a similar set
Leah Klocek and I connected a few months ago on the interesting and essential topic of historical research. Leah has been a professional researcher for two years. In that time, she’s
Today you may wonder if I’ve lost my marbles. Thoughts on love? Not the usual fare at A Writer of History. So, here’s the story. Two weeks ago, we were at
Like all of you, I follow various blogs, read a few newspapers, and constantly check the Internet for ideas and news about historical fiction, this obsession called writing, and other
Anna Castle and I connected not too long ago when I found an article she had written about building a plan for her writing efforts. She is the author of
Anna Belfrage and I met in Denver at the Historical Novel Society conference. According to Anna, had she been allowed to choose, she’d have become a professional time-traveller. As such a
When I was young my parents had little money to spare so we often went on country drives for our weekend entertainment. My father loved driving and my mother found
In these days of Twitter and Facebook and the like, where every thought can be recorded and shared, is there a need for journaling? In response, consider the following words:
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
