Not surprisingly, women and men expressed different points of view in a recent survey of historical fiction readers. While 84% of participants were women, 129 men also responded, a sizeable
PLEASE NOTE: this post has been replaced with a corrected list at 2012 Favourite Historical Fiction Authors.
Highlights: Readers provided their favourite digital and non-digital sources for book recommendations. I am very pleased that the Historical Novel Society will soon publish information and analysis about digital sources;
I’m a great follower of the Sunday New York Times book section – not only the reviews but the best seller lists and other regular columns. I look for ideas
588 readers responded with enthusiasm to the question “what detracts from your enjoyment of historical fiction”. 44% Inaccuracies – includes seeing modern sensibilities in a historic setting, anachronisms, dialogue that
The survey asked those who rarely or never read historical fiction to comment on their reasons. Only 62 responded – a small sample from which to draw significant conclusions. 34%
This post originally appeared on www.writeitdownith.com. Thanks, Downith. I’ve been wondering lately, whether writing historical fiction takes longer than what I’ll call ‘regular’ fiction. And, if that’s the case, am
Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine receiving almost 800 responses to a survey I launched seventeen days ago. One hundred maybe or, if luck intervened, perhaps two hundred
Last week I mentioned Jerome de Groot’s book, The Historical Novel. The book’s chapter headings are indicative of the scrutiny de Groot offers his readers in the realm of historical
I’m currently writing a story with two timelines, one for Martin Devlin living through WWI and the second for his granddaughter, Grace Hansen, in the early 1990s. The storyline emerged
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
