VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 4,055 When I was signing copies of my Finding Billy Battles trilogy at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books recently, I was asked several times how I conduct research when writing historical fiction. I explained that researching the first book in the Finding… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 3,988 Those of us who write historical fiction are faced with a plethora of unique challenges. In fact, there are so many that it would be difficult to deal with all of them in one post. I will break the challenges down into several… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 419 All authors are emotionally engaged with their protagonists. I am no exception. I want readers to love my characters as much as I do. That means creating a flawed, three-dimensional protagonist who still has “things to work out.” The Finding Billy Battles series follows… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 3,952 During a recent “virtual book tour” with several book bloggers, I was asked what three lessons I learned while writing the first two books of my Finding Billy Battles trilogy. It was a good question because it caused me to stop and think… Continue reading
VISITING READER COUNT FOR THIS PAGE: 4,297 I belong to an online Historical Novels discussion group. It is a lively assemblage with lots of discussions ranging from how one researches historical novels to selecting book titles. Most recently someone started a discussion about being politically correct in historical novels. The… Continue reading