10 query mistakes that could sink your submission

10 query mistakes that could sink your submission

Last updated Sep 11, 2024 | Blog

So you’ve made it over the first hurdle — writing the book. You’ve poured your life’s blood into a magnum opus so breathtaking that the Booker Prize committee will be beating down your door. But first! You have to get it published. There are a few ways you can get a...
Underrated primary sources for authors

Underrated primary sources for authors

Last updated Sep 5, 2024 | Blog

Just as a reminder for everyone who was asleep at school – a primary source is a contemporary object or piece of writing. Stuff from Ye Olden Days of Yore. The Treasurer of the Chamber’s Accounts (Henry VIII’s soft furnishings bill–here if you’re interested) is...
Writing animals into historical fiction

Writing animals into historical fiction

Last updated Sep 5, 2024 | Blog

For millennia, humans and animals have coexisted in different ways – protecting each other, comforting each other, and eating each other. Whenever your historical fiction is set, if animals aren’t involved, you may be missing an opportunity to give your reader...
Contests for historical fiction writers

Contests for historical fiction writers

Last updated Sep 5, 2024 | Blog

If you’ve completed a work of historical fiction or are nearing that revision finish line, you might be thinking about ways to get your story out into the world. One of the best ways to get some attention (and some cool cash) is by placing in writing contests. Short...
Returning to a writing project

Returning to a writing project

Last updated Sep 5, 2024 | Blog

Real life gets in the way. If, like most of us, you have a “normal” job in addition to your writing, or you have a family, kids, hobbies, or any other assorted drama that comes with being a human being at some stage your writing schedule has taken a slight knockback....