Songs to Nail Hitler – Part II
My brother, Dave, also known as the historian in our family, responded to Songs to Nail Hitler with an email pointing out two other notable songs sung with, no doubt,
August 28, 2013
My brother, Dave, also known as the historian in our family, responded to Songs to Nail Hitler with an email pointing out two other notable songs sung with, no doubt,
Songs That Will Help Us Nail Hitler is a pamphlet my grandfather kept in his WWII scrapbooks. The title says it all, doesn’t it, about the feelings of hatred that
Because I’m writing historical fiction set in WWI, I need to be able to imagine the landscape of my characters’ world. Many of my favourite WWI websites offer photos of northern
I am pleased to welcome author Stephanie Carroll to talk about researching historical fiction. In her post you will see vivid examples of how she has incorporate research into her
As I mentioned in Tuesday’s post, accuracy is a difficult challenge for writers of historical fiction. Today my brother Dave Bingham casts a keen eye on Ken Follett’s Winter of
Accuracy is a difficult challenge for writers of historical fiction. 44% of readers in the 2012 historical fiction survey mentioned inaccuracies as detracting for their enjoyment of the genre. As
When is your manuscript done? A facetious answer is ‘when it’s done’. And there are endless opportunities to tweak and tighten but I thought I was done when I sent
Rachel Bodner offered a comment on last Thursday’s blog concerning the duties of an occupying army. Her comment drew on An English Wife in Berlin, the memoir of Evelyn, Princess
What must it have been like waiting to hear whether your son or husband has survived a particular battle, whether he will ever come home or ever be the same
November 11, 1918, a date that lives on commemorating the end of that ‘great war’ also known as the war to end all wars – except it didn’t. My grandfather
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