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  • Writing Historical Fiction Based On A Family Story, a guest post by Shannon Hitchcock
  • Alan Parks on Historical Accuracy, Ridley Scott, and Finding Detail in Anecdotes
  • Inspired by Family History

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teenlibrariantoolbox.com /1 month ago

Writing Historical Fiction Based On A Family Story, a guest post by Shannon Hitchcock

My greatest wish for my books is that young readers who encounter Ivy and Jessie will appreciate the similarities in the two pandemics and be intrigued to seek out family stories o...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

Alan Parks on Historical Accuracy, Ridley Scott, and Finding Detail in Anecdotes

When confronted by historians questioning the accuracy of his Napoleon film Ridley Scott responded by addressing the entire historian community. “Excuse me, mate, were you there?”...

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awriterofhistory.com /1 week ago

Inspired by Family History

Author Lise Mayne has two novels to her credit – Becoming Sand and Time Enough. Lise told me that writing featuring family history is “a tricky business and having done it twice, I...

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bookriot.com /1 month ago

The Best Historical Fiction Books of the Century So Far

These are the best historical fiction books published in the 21st century so far.

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historyisnowmagazine.com /1 month ago

What History Teaches Us About Writing Strong Argumentative Essays

History is full with disagreements. People disagreed over revolutions and laws, about rights, religion, leadership and the futures of entire societies. This is why it's a great mod...

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bookriot.com /3 weeks ago

May New Releases: Historical Fiction

May's new historical fiction includes a new release by the author of THE HELP and buzzy debuts you won't want to miss.

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bookriot.com /1 month ago

The Facts About Writing Fiction (and Nonfiction, Too!)

What it looks like creating a graphic novel that requires CIA approval.

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bookriot.com /1 month ago

Explore the Lives of Incredible Women in April’s New Historical Fiction

Incredible women like Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Barton stand front and center in April's new historical fiction.

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awriterofhistory.com /1 month ago

Making the Extraordinary Ordinary: The Secret to Believable Heroines

Rebecca Rosenberg’s Champagne Widows Novels are based on real-life widows who grappled with the loss of their husbands while continuing the tradition of champagne making. The third...

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the-history-girls.blogspot.com /2 weeks ago

Curated article

 Researching my novels has always led me to fall in love with places. Hever Castle was my first love affair with a place – a love affair that continues to this day. I suppose this...

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readingthepast.blogspot.com /1 month ago

Bits and pieces of historical fiction news

Writing frequent pieces about books, brief reviews included, involves a lot of multitasking. At any given time, I’m typically reading one novel for review, finalizing the content f...

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awriterofhistory.com /2 weeks ago

The Power of Propaganda by Elisabeth Storrs

Elisabeth Storrs is an Australian novelist who writes historical fiction. We’ve connected for many years on the joys and challenges of writing historical fiction. After writing a t...

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bookriot.com /1 month ago

Older Women Leading Historical Fiction (Plus a Bonus for All Access Members)

Older women in their fifties, sixties, seventies, and eighties take the lead in these historical fiction books.

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readingthepast.blogspot.com /1 month ago

Interview with historical novelist Elisabeth Storrs about her latest book, Fables & Lies

With her new novel, Elisabeth Storrs moves from her familiar ground of long-ago Rome and Etruria, setting for her Tales of Ancient Rome trilogy, to WWII Germany—and her enthusiasm...

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womansworld.com /1 week ago

These Michigan historical novels are impossible to forget

Michigan is a state of beautiful contradictions—where harsh winters give way to sun-soaked summers and Detroit’s industrial grit meets the Upper Peninsula’s untamed natural beauty....

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awriterofhistory.com /3 weeks ago

A highlighting habit

Yes, I’m a highlighter! Are you? I highlight physical books, I highlight e-books, which annoys my husband because he often reads a novel I’ve already finished. I highlight fiction...

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youthkiawaaz.com /1 week ago

Historicism: Understanding History Through Context, Culture, And Inter

AbstractHistoricism is an important approach in the philosophy of history that emphasizes the role of historical context in shaping human thought, culture, and institutions. It arg...

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newyorker.com /2 weeks ago

Writing the Trump Years Into History

How do you bring an American-history textbook up to date when the country’s past has become a political battleground?

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rissiwrites.com /1 month ago

‘THE LUMBER BARON’S WIFE’: A UNIQUE TIME SLIP NOVEL

This post first appears on RissiWrites.com and is © RissiWrites.com and RissiJC STORY: Pain causes Hannah Wagner to question God and her faith... Source The post ‘THE LUMBER BARON’...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

How Teaching Wilderness Science in Yellowstone Inspired a Fantasy Novel in Victorian London

It was around sundown when, after putting my eighth graders in their tents for quiet time, the grizzly bear came charging  into camp.  This was not a totally unusual occurrence in...

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gointothestory.blcklst.com /1 month ago

On Writing

“To me, the big nut to crack is to how to tell a story, what’s the right way to tell a particular story.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »

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crimereads.com /1 day ago

How Would Ian Fleming Write James Bond Today?

When Ian Fleming’s family commissioned me to expand the world of 007, it was a lifelong dream come true. I played as Bond in childhood imaginary games and Fleming was one of my fav...

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awriterofhistory.com /1 month ago

Houdini’s Quest to Debunk the Most Famous Medium of the 1920s

Maryka Biaggio is an award-winning novelist with a passion for history and the human spirit. She writes historical fiction inspired by real people—figures whose lives illuminate th...

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thebigthrill.org /4 days ago

How a Hollywood Screenwriter Transitioned to Writing His First Novel

I had spent my entire career training myself not to do precisely what I was trying to do now.

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