Dipping once more into data from the 2013 historical fiction survey, I’ve divided participants into general readers and ‘social readers’ defined as those who “use blogs, social media or other online
The 2013 historical fiction survey ran from October 16 to November 11 and reached 2440 participants from different parts of the world. From the World of Historical Fiction is the initial
I’m tired of crunching numbers so I decided to take a peek at the write-in comments from the survey. I designed this year’s survey to minimize the amount of work
My apologies if I sound like a broken record 🙂 however, I wanted to mention the survey again in case you did not have a chance to take it or
AN OPEN REQUEST … Last year’s reader survey uncovered insights about those who read historical fiction and those who do not – demographics, story preferences, favourite time periods, reasons for
You probably won’t know her as Eleanor Hibbert, instead you’ll know her as Philippa Carr, Victoria Holt or Jean Plaidy or one of the other pseudonyms she used, including her
I am delighted to have Jacqueline Winspear, author of the very popular Maisie Dobbs mystery series, appear on A Writer of History. You will see that she is passionate about
Last spring’s historical fiction survey asked readers to specify preferred time periods. The column below on the far right titled ‘Survey %’ shows how readers responded. You can see quite
When I interviewed some of the top 20 historical fiction authors, I asked each one what advice they would offer to other writers. Here’s what they said. Find a story
In his book Hit Lit: Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century’s Biggest Bestsellers, James W. Hall sets out twelve ingredients that drive bestsellers to the top of the charts.
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
