historical fiction

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...

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? –...

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...