historical fiction

  1. JoanUP

    Craft Chat Using primary sources in Historical fiction

    Hi Litopians I am working on a historical fiction based on research I've accumulated on the life of my grandfather. My first chapter (Society of American Fakirs) was on PopUp submissions, but can't seem to find the link. I'm considering a format where each chapter starts with the short newspaper...
  2. Christina Boyd

    Welcome… I’m New Here! Cheers from the woods of Washington State

    There once was a lady who liked books, flower gardening, and dogs. It’s me. I am that lady. Also, I’m a writer, editor, reviewer, and artist. Since 2013, I’ve worked with forty authors, self-published five multi-author Austen-adjacent anthologies, and edited over fifty books. A life member of...
  3. Rich.

    Historical fiction – when to stop researching?

    Hi folks, This is a pretty open question (perhaps also a how-long-is-a-piece-of-string? question), but I know some of you write historical fiction, so I thought I'd ask. At what point do you say, "Enough already, these are my sources and now I must write"? I appreciate that research is an...
  4. Rich.

    Ancient names in modern fiction

    Aha! the new question threads, just what I need... -- So, you're writing a commercial historical novel, an action-adventure story set during the Roman invasion of Britain, and you're faced with all these unpronounceable Celtic names – CYNWRIG, GWRTHEYRN, IUDICAEL, SEISYLL. What do you do? –...
  5. Rich.

    in search of ancient Celts

    Hi everyone, What pops into your head when you hear the words, ancient Celt? (I ask for the purposes of research, gauging perceptions :)) And what do you think of when you hear ancient Britain? And Roman Britain? But mostly ancient Celt. That's the one I really want to know about. Any and...
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