As a historian, there are just aspects of context that drive me nuts in what is being sold as historical fiction these days. This is not a negative commentary on the quality of characterization or plot development – quite the contrary, one can write a brilliant mystery or family narrative without the advantages of accurate …

Continue reading Writing Your Historical Novel – A Historian’s Viewpoint – Don’t Wait for the Writer’s Bug to Find You – Start Now.

As an author and reader, I attack libraries and book stores as a history-seeking missile. I anticipate the thrill of finding a historical novel, especially a mystery. Carefully, so as not to damage the spine of a hard back or the cover of its paper cousin, I open to a random page and begin reading. …

Continue reading You call that history??? A little introduction to writing Historical Fiction