Margaret Porter has just published her 15th novel The Myrtle Wand, a retelling of the classic ballet Giselle. Such an amazing accomplishment! So I asked Margaret the obvious question: “What
Some time ago – probably six or seven years back – when I was in the earlier stages of learning to write, I collected phrases from poetry. Maybe I thought
In her new novel, Kitty Canham, author Nicola Matthews reveals the true story of an 18th century bigamist. For today’s post, Nicola explores how her fascination with local stories led
Writing historical fiction requires hours and hours of research. After asking for new topics that would to extend the value of A Writer of History, Grant – a relatively new
A few weeks ago, I jotted down a reminder note: Research writing awards. I added this to my already long list of things to do. Serendipity struck a few days
My latest novel, The Admiral’s Wife, is a mystery written in two time periods – 2014 and the early twentieth century. I’d constructed a mystery before when writing Time and Regret,
Today feels like a day to look back and reflect on this writing journey I’ve been on. Thirteen years, five published novels, two works in process, several reader surveys, and
Today’s guest post is from Yvonne Zipter, author of Infraction. Yvonne has written three poetry collections, two non-fiction books, and is the author behind the nationally syndicated column Inside Out
While living in Hong Kong, I discovered Qi Gong. My friend Tita and I signed up for a class at the Helena May Club and every Tuesday, we learned this
Write what you know. Isn’t that what everyone preaches? We authors are supposed to dig into our own experiences to discover the gems that will inform our stories. I scoffed
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
