Author Gina Buonaguro and I gave a presentation this past Sunday at the History Quill Convention, a five-day virtual conference. The title of our talk was Women in History –
Some time ago, I posted 10 Thoughts on the Purpose of Historical Fiction. In that post, I included several quotes from Jerome de Groot’s The Historical Novel. I reread that
40 books in 2015 – not as many as 2014, but still a decent number. As with 2014, some were superb, others I did not finish. Most were historical fiction;
A second reading of Jerome de Groot’s The Historical Novel offers insights on the purposes of historical fiction beyond entertainment. “History itself [and therefore historical fiction] possesses interest for us more
Because I write historical fiction, a blogger friend recommended Jerome de Groot’s book, The Historical Novel. Though it’s been on my desk for a while, this week I finally found
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
