Historical Fiction Online

Fascinating to watch it develop. Thank you for sharing the process...

Back from a research trip to New Orleans and Natchitoches & finally have time to finish THE AFFLICTION GIRLS, Suzy Witten's excellent take on the Salem witch trials.

I'm really liking Hell on Wheels. I didn't think I would because I was such a big fan of Deadwood, but it has grown on me.

Has anyone heard if it's been picked up for aother season?

I heard this on NPR yesterday. The passages the announcer read were really funny/awful/cringe-inducing.

Here's the link I used: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/0 ... -sex-award

An ARC of THE LAST ROMANOV, by Dora Levy Mossanen. A lovely tale weaving a woman's mysterious and mystical past with the final years of the Russian Imperial Family's reign. Like her past novels, it contains a wonderful bit of magical realism.

I love watching period films for writing inspiration. For my novel about a fictional vaudeville theater in Old New York, a few of my favorites were HOUSE OF MIRTH for the sharp and witty dialogue, TOPSY TURVY and THE PRESTIGE for theater experience, and THE GREAT ZIEGFELD for insight into that chara...

I'm not sure where to post this, but I just saw a friendly note in my inbox about the Historical Fictionistas on Goodreads choosing SELENE OF ALEXANDRIA as their next reading selection. I'm thrilled for Faith & I'm really looking forward to reading it.

Congratulations, Faith!

Awhile ago I downloaded the free yWriter 4 software after hearing a friend rave about it. I poked around a bit and thought it looked interesting, but at the time decided to put it aside because I didn't want to transfer or redo what I already had in Word. Now that I'm starting a new project, I'm thi...

Terrific news! Congratulations

As if it wasn't difficult enough for book covers to grab a potential readers' attention .... now they have to do it with a cover the size of a postage stamp. Ugh...