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The One Thing Historical Fiction Writers Ought to Know
The Gender-Genre Wars In a recent issue of Writer’s Digest, literary agent Irene Goodman offered her advice on “16 Things All Historical Fiction Writers Need to Know.” Among them was the caution (?) that “This kind of fiction requires high … Continue reading
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Tagged aspiring writers, authors, characters, genre fiction, historical fiction historical romance romance popoular culutre trashy novels bodice rippers chics in corsets Anya Seton IRene Goodman literary agents Slammerkin Emma Donoghu, history, literature, women writers, writing
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Advice on How to Write Historical Fiction–Not
By the way, did anyone notice that there has been much ‘how-to’ and ‘advice’ offered lately on writing historical fiction ? A perusal of the ‘literature’—and I confess to have done my share—finds that some are more ‘creative’ than others Continue reading
…on to Fontevraud Abbey (Pt. III)
Fontevraud Abbey: What can one say? The tombs of Henry II, Richard, Isabelle d’Angoulême and Aliénor (dare one be on first name basis with that lady?) It rained. The countryside is somewhat rolling hills with fields and a few forested … Continue reading
…on to Parthenay (Pt. II)
Parthenay: We breezed past Saint Maixent-l’École to get to Parthenay, again approached via a fairly flat ground. Parthenay has a population of about 10,000 and I worried, of course, about driving down a maze of streets to find the hotel, … Continue reading
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Tagged France, historical fiction, historical research, Lusignans, Mélusine, Parthenay
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