The Writer’s Toolbox
Best-selling author Kate Forsyth is conducting a workshop at the next Historical Novel Society Conference which takes place in June …
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Inside Historical Fiction with David Blixt
David Blixt is an actor, author, director and swordsman – yes, you read that correctly, he instructs and demonstrates the …
HNS Denver Conference – what a blast!
From June 25th to June 29th, I was in Denver at the Historical Novel Society conference. Over 440 attendees at …
A Tale of a Female Samurai in Sisters of Heart and Snow by Margaret Dilloway
Few of us know much about Japanese history, let alone in the 12th century. In her third novel, Sisters of Heart and …
Stuff Happening in Historical Fiction
Checking around the internet for news and insights on the historical fiction front recently and found lots of books to add to …
The Open Day Writing Competition – for unpublished and self-published authors
In September, when I was at the Historical Novel Society London conference, I met Helen Hart from SilverWood Books, who …
2 Models for Selling Historical Fiction
The first main panel session of HNS London 2014 had the catchy title: SELLING HISTORICAL FICTION: THE CHALLENGES AND TRIUMPHS. …
#HNSLondon14 – The Fever Pitch
Sally Moore is on the blog today. Sally and I met some time ago at one of Barbara Kyle’s writing …
WWI – what are YOU reading?
In my little world of writing novels set in WWI, the month of May 1914 marks the opening chapter of Lies …
Winter reading
I’ve read a surprising number of books since Christmas, keeping track of them in a beautiful notebook my great friend …
