You find intriguing stories in obituaries
Saturday morning with coffee in hand I sat down with the business section of The New York Times – my husband had the front section. Nothing much to read except
March 15, 2018
Saturday morning with coffee in hand I sat down with the business section of The New York Times – my husband had the front section. Nothing much to read except
Donna Croy Wright has recently launched The Scattering of Stones. She lives in the Sierra Nevada Foothills southeast of Yosemite and in addition to writing is an amateur genealogist and historian.
We left East Rising Sun firmly tucked in the digital equivalent of a bottom drawer as I worked on a historical novel titled Lies Told in Silence. The writing journey
A few weeks ago, I finished Tony Riches‘ latest novel Mary – Tudor Princess. What a great story! For several years, Tony has focused his writing on the Tudors, not
C.L.R. (Colleen) Peterson’s debut historical novel, Lucia’s Renaissance, takes place in late sixteenth-century Italy. She loves to shine a spotlight on little-known heroes from the past. “The first time I gazed
No doubt some authors conceive a novel, create a brief outline then write full steam ahead. The Admiral’s Wife, my current WIP, is not such a novel. At the beginning,
A novel doesn’t write itself, I said to my mother the other day. Of course not, you say. But there’s more to this sentiment than the obvious. A novel needs
Author Paul Feenstra returns with a story about inspiration for his latest novel, For Want of a Shilling. Over to you, Paul. After a rather nasty injury that saw me
In 2017, I asked readers and authors to look under the covers of historical fiction and examine what sets the genre apart and makes it tick. Today, I’ve gathered together
J.B. Rivard was on the blog in 2017 giving his view on what makes historical fiction tick. He’s back today to share the career he had before becoming an author.
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
