Portraying Women in Historical Fiction – part 3
Well, part 2 of this topic generated a lively and at times challenging discussion on the HNS Facebook page, so it’s with a little trepidation that I offer up part
February 17, 2022
Well, part 2 of this topic generated a lively and at times challenging discussion on the HNS Facebook page, so it’s with a little trepidation that I offer up part
This is the second of two posts on Portraying Women in Historical Fiction based on a presentation author Gina Buonaguro and I did for the recent History Quill convention. You
Some years ago, when I was interviewing quite a lot of reader-nominated ‘favourite historical fiction authors’, I asked those authors: Do you think of yourself as having a brand? Elizabeth
Some time ago, I posted 10 Thoughts on the Purpose of Historical Fiction. In that post, I included several quotes from Jerome de Groot’s The Historical Novel. I reread that
For 6 years, I’ve chronicled the books I’ve read offering a summary and my own rating scheme to identify favourite reads, non-fiction read for research purposes, light reads, and so
In late October, out of the blue, I received a message from a lovely woman at QueryLetter.com. Lana had this to say: We spend a lot of time reading top
Sarah Johnson is a long time blogger and book reviewer at Reading the Past. Her blog was chosen as one of the favourite historical fiction blogs. In 2012, I asked
I’ve known Margaret Porter for several years and have admired her writing as well as her kindness and support to other writers in the historical fiction community. Not long ago,
A couple of weeks ago, a friend, I’ll call her Ruby, and I exchanged thoughts on historical fiction. Ruby was reflecting on an article by Cullen Murphy in The Atlantic
During the recent – June 21-27 – Historical Novel Society North America conference, one of the authors spotlighted in the program was Margaret George. Margaret is a well-known and highly
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
