This week’s guest is one making a very welcome return. Helen Hollick is a multi-published author and indie advocate. She lives on a 13 acre 18th century farm in North Devon, with a variety of pets and her family. For over twenty years, she has delighted readers with stories of Arthur Pendragon, Saxon kings and […]
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September 3rd, 2020 | Tags: fact or fiction, historical, historical fiction, Insights, Research | Category: Authors, Books, Guests, Research, Writing skills | 9 comments - (Comments are closed) On Sunday, I enjoyed a ‘writerly’ Skype with my critique partner, another novel writer, Denise Barnes (a.k.a. Molly Green), who has just sent her latest fiction work off to her editor at Avon Books. It’s the third in a series about sisters in the Second World War; they’re each ‘doing their bit’ for the war […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!August 24th, 2020 | Tags: critique partner, critiquing, Feedback, heroines, historical fiction, writing firiend | Category: Authors, Books, Writing challenge, Writing life, Writing skills | Comments are closed That’s an easy one – the readers! No, really! I wrote The Girl from the Market after a suggestion in the Roma Nova Enthusiasts’ Group. Legend had it (in the earlier Roma Nova novels) that in AD 370 Julia Bacausa was a tough and fiery woman and Apulius a strong Roman of the traditional […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!August 21st, 2020 | Tags: alternative history, Characters, historical fiction, Romans, Rome | Category: Books, Characters, New book, Readers, Roma Nova, Short stories, Writing challenge | Comments are closed This week’s guest is Anna Belfrage, historical fiction writer extraordinaire. Had Anna been allowed to choose, she’d have become a time-traveller. As this was impossible, she became a financial professional with two absorbing interests: history and writing. Anna is the author of the acclaimed time travelling series The Graham Saga, set in 17th century Scotland […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!August 20th, 2020 | Tags: advice, historical fiction, Insights, overcoming writer's block, writer's block, Writing skills | Category: Authors, Guests, Other people's websites/blogs, Writing life, Writing skills | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Ah, this one’s easy! I’ve written quite a lot on my Roma Nova blog about this as it’s the setting for nine previous books! So I’m going to cheat and repost the piece I wrote about what Roma Nova looks like… Roma Nova an alpine country with lower lying valleys a few small towns […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!August 19th, 2020 | Tags: alternate history, Blogging, Books, historical fiction, Roma Nova, Romans | Category: Alternate history, Books, New book, Research, Roma Nova, Setting, Writing challenge | Comments are closed |
   
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