Research is (obviously) a huge part of writing historical fiction, and luckily for us today, there is so much available through libraries and online that research is—at least I imagine—so much easier today than it was even 20 years ago. A huge shout-out to our …
Read MoreWhy Shakespeare?
Two things shape my novel (and the series): the American Revolution and Shakespeare. If you’ve read my previous two blogs, you know my reasons for choosing to use the American Revolution as the setting, but why incorporate Shakespeare into my novel? Why not? I supposed …
Read MoreWhy write the American Revolution? Part 2: The Passion
In my previous blog post, I wrote about the practical reasons for choosing to set my novel during the American Revolution. In this post, I’m writing about the passion behind the practical. This is also my reasoning for why you should care about—and want to …
Read MoreWhy write the American Revolution? Part 1: The Practical
Perhaps you are wondering why, out of all the time periods in which I could have chosen to set a novel, why did I choose the American Revolution? I am going to answer that in two posts, the practical and the passion behind the practical, …
Read MoreFrom History to Story
For any good historical fiction (which I hope mine is), you need two things: a good story and accurate history (at least for me the history has to be accurate). So, when I first had the idea for Worthy of Trust, I knew the first thing …
Read MoreFinding the Right Word
Editing is not everyone’s favorite, but I happen to enjoy editing, which is good because the majority of my writing time in the past year has been spent editing. To me, editing is like a jigsaw puzzle or one of those little plastic slide puzzles …
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