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,
On Tuesday author proofs arrived from Createspace. The feeling of holding my own book was incredible and I haven’t come down from that high yet. Of course there’s more work
Some of you may have already seen the book cover for UNRAVELLED on either Twitter or Facebook, however, I want to make it official. Ta Da!! The design is thanks
Yesterday I was in The Whyte Museum in Banff, Alberta dedicated to the art, culture and history of the Canadian Rockies. Along with some wonderful paintings was a large display
In the past seven years I have collected and read many books dealing with WWI, so many that friends think I am going slightly crazy. This, of course, could be
When I first read one of Anne Perry’s WWI novels – At Some Disputed Barricade – I was looking for colour and context for my manuscript, UNRAVELLED. The nitty, gritty of war in and around
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
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
