Beware Your Written Sources by Emma Darwin
Well folks, you’re in for a treat today! Emma Darwin, author of The Mathematics of Love and A Secret Alchemy gives us a few pointers from her latest work –
March 29, 2016
Well folks, you’re in for a treat today! Emma Darwin, author of The Mathematics of Love and A Secret Alchemy gives us a few pointers from her latest work –
Knee deep in research here at my writing corner (and it is a corner – of our bedroom in fact, and this morning an unmade bed stares accusingly at me).
Some of you may have seen this on Tony Riches’ blog The Writing Desk a few days ago – many thanks, Tony. In a 2015 reader survey, I asked participants
Those who read historical fiction tell us they love being transported in time and place. So, I’ve found five examples to share with you today. As always, I would love
Further to last week’s post on the ‘magic ingredients” of historical fiction, let’s hear from a few more write-in comments. Several of these are from readers who put their thoughts
In December, Nicole Evelina responded to my open request for thoughts on the topic ‘inside historical fiction’. After a few email exchanges, I invited her to bring her ideas together
In the February 21, 2016 issue of the New York Times, Mekado Murphy reports on a movie called The Witch, directed and written by Robert Eggers. Murphy writes the Eggers “dug deep
In January, I listed 6 Musings on Writing, one of which was ‘each year marks a new beginning‘. Well, as it turns out, January truly did mark a new beginning,
As one of readers’ favourite authors in the 2012 survey, Jacqueline Winspear was on the blog in 2013 and I’m delighted to say she’s here for a second time to talk
Therese Down’s The End of Law “delves deep into an area of Nazi Germany that few speak of and many often do not know much about”. With that enticing premise, I
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
