How to write women with agency in historical fiction

How to write women with agency in historical fiction

Last updated Sep 5, 2024 | Blog

Women are the primary buyers and readers of fiction today, so it’s unsurprising that many writers choose to center their historical novels on women characters. Not only is writing about women a savvy marketing decision, it’s also interesting—historical novels about...
How does AI affect historical fiction writers?

How does AI affect historical fiction writers?

Last updated Sep 5, 2024 | Blog

If you’ve spent any time lurking on the web recently, you’ve probably come across the intellectual debacle that is ChatGPT. It’s an AI processing tool that can generate written content in seconds, and writers are… concerned.Is AI the death knell of human creativity?...
Walk a mile in my shoes: immersive research for historical fiction

Walk a mile in my shoes: immersive research for historical fiction

Last updated Sep 5, 2024 | Blog

We all know how valuable research is for our writing, and don’t we just love the research! It’s so easy to get stuck into a book, visit a library, find just the right archive. But it’s also so easy to get sucked into the research, almost forgetting your original...
Five book marketing mistakes to avoid

Five book marketing mistakes to avoid

Last updated Sep 5, 2024 | Blog

Marketing is not a dirty word. It is simply introducing people to your book. Nor does it require a six-figure budget and a legion of Mad Men type executives. Anything you do to tell people about your book is marketing. However, whoever said “There’s no...
What’s in a name? Character names and why they matter

What’s in a name? Character names and why they matter

Last updated Sep 5, 2024 | Blog

Choosing the right names for your characters is crucial, not least when writing historical fiction. A character’s name, whether it be short and simple, or flamboyantly hyphenated, can convey a surprisingly large amount of information, and requires as much careful...
Top tips for writing a dual or multiple timeline novel

Top tips for writing a dual or multiple timeline novel

Last updated Sep 5, 2024 | Blog

What are dual or multiple timeline novels?  Essentially, these are novels which contain two or more separate storylines that alternate, eventually converging in some way by the end. In dual timeline historical novels, past events are woven with contemporary events,...