Entries from History is a Bitch - a weblog by Jeanne Kalogridis tagged with 'historical fiction'
Earth-Pulverizing Announcement
Remember that book called THE BLOODIEST QUEEN? That became THE MEDICI QUEEN when it was pointed out that my UK and Australian readers would guffaw at the "Bloodiest" bit? Well, after much deliberation, I came up with another title with...
Still More Recommended Reading
When my agent, Russ, first suggested that I try my hand at a historical, he mentioned that I ought to study an author who happened to be represented by my foreign agent, Danny. That author was Noah Gordon, who wrote...
Book of the Month
Speaking of Dan Simmons, I just finished his novel, THE TERROR. The title suggests a horror novel – and the story is indeed very dark. But it is wrapped in an elegant historical novel, titled after the name of...
One of my favorite authors
Recently, I had the pleasure of stumbling onto Dan Simmon’s website. It includes the usual list of the author’s works, as well as a forum and a series of essays called Writing Well. The latter are so well-written and entertaining...
Why My Characters Don't Snicker
At least, not until I write a novel set after the year 1694, when "snicker" was first recorded, perhaps coming from the Dutch snikken, "to gasp, sob." No one sniggered (a variant) until 1706. Word origin is one of the...
Hungry for Historicals?
Swing by Blogging for a Good Book, which gives you a suggestion for a good read every single day. I chose to focus on the historical fiction archive -- which you can see was recently updated with Philippa Gregory's EARTHLY...
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