Rosemary Sutcliff is one of the most groundbreaking writers of historical fiction series for children and young adults. The Eagle of the Ninthis among her most popular works, a historical fiction book written for children. The story follows a young Roman officer in the 2nd century CE who tries...
Today his methods and subject matter are commonplace in the commercial fiction of the mass culture. A few writers remain confined to the elite. Mallarmé is a good example—but he would have been just as ethereal had he written in the simplest French of direct communication. His subtleties ...
4.0 out of 5 starsGood Persian Historical fiction with interesting characters and enough plot twists to keep you up late reading. A good story with interesting plot twists. This is some very well done historical fiction! The characters are well developed and interesting and the pace is good. T...
I write southern historical fiction and local history. The two novels I'm writing are set in Virginia and the Carolinas in the 1760s. My weekly blog is about my journey as a writer and a reader.
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Speaking of developments, I’m currently working on a manuscript that’s a wee bit out of my regular romance genre: I’m writing a story that I could label as both paranormal and climate fiction (say what?). When it comes to paranormal (as in witches and vampires and others with magica...
The result is a unique exploration of the act and art of writing that enriches our experience of reading both the classics and the best modern fiction. If you only read a single book about writing this year, make it this one. 7.Emma Darwin,Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction(2016)...
course on Self-Editing Your Novel that Debi Alper and I gave on Friday afternoon, I taught workshops on prose - Plain & Perfect, Rich & Rare - and on The Heart of Storytelling: three- and five-act structure. I sat on an industry panel about Historical Fiction, and I did lots of one...
“You don’t get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.” MJCF also told me how Scientologists used threats and intimidation and aggressive lawyering, against journalists and civilians, to quell investigations into their organization. Eventually I went to ...
Cost has now written five books in the Mainely Mystery series starting with “Mainely Power” and five books in the Clay Wolfe Trap series starting with “Wolfe Trap”. A few historical fiction pieces fill out the shelves. Mainely Mayhem is due out November 13th. ...