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Best HF blogs?

Post by Chatterbox » Thu October 22nd, 2009, 9:10 pm

I had an offline query from a friend of a friend about this, and thought I'd post here since I know a number of you have blogs. It might make a good reference point for some of the rest of us, since I find I get to these via a member's post.

If you have one, can you post your link and suggest any others that your particularly like?

Thanks!

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Post by 4ever Queen » Thu October 22nd, 2009, 10:56 pm

EC2's blog is amazing, I would suggest checking it out.
http://www.elizabethchadwick.com/Blogs/ ... story.html

I also enjoy Sharon's blog a lot which is more like a family group sharing the same passion for the past :D
http://www.sharonkaypenman.com/blog/

Another good one is Passages to the Past-HF at:
http://www.passagestothepast.com/

Once in there you will see more references to a list of every blog imaginable that is out there... hope this helps your friend :)
"A scar signifies past pain, a wound that did not heal as it ought. But it testifies, too, to survival" (Here Be Dragons)

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http://everythingedward2.com/

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Post by diamondlil » Fri October 23rd, 2009, 10:15 am

Sarah's Reading the Past is good.

There are also any number of good HF blogs here amongst our members.
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Post by EC2 » Fri October 23rd, 2009, 12:36 pm

If it's for historical fiction across the board, I'd suggest (and this is just 3 off the top of my head)

Amy's Passages to the Past
Marg's Historical Tapestry.
Tanzanite's blog - gah, where's my memory when I need it, but I'm sure it'll be posted somewhere here.

Oh and 4. Sarah's (Ariadne) Reading the Past blog.
Carla Nayland's blog. That often has excellent book reviews.

Mine isn't about HF per se, although I talk about it on and off. It's more about my little corner of history and the goings on around and about.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard n’I chasront

'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'

Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal

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Post by boswellbaxter » Fri October 23rd, 2009, 12:39 pm

There's a list here of some HF and history-related blogs.

http://historicalnovelblogs.blogspot.com/

My Squidoo lens mentions a number of HF blogs (scroll down to "Blogs").

http://www.squidoo.com/readinghistoricalfiction
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http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/blog/

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Post by Carla » Fri October 23rd, 2009, 5:18 pm

There's a list of HFO members' blogs and websites in a thread in the "Links" forum: http://www.historicalfictiononline.com/ ... d.php?t=28

What's your friend mainly interested in? Reviews, giveaways, any particular country or period, history as well or just HF....?

E.g., off the top of my head, Historical Tapestry (http://historicaltapestry.blogspot.com/) has a wide range of news and HF reviews, Amy's Passages to the Past (http://www.passagestothepast.com/) does lots of great giveaways, Tanzanite's Shelf (http://shelfandstuff.blogspot.com/) covers new and forthcoming releases as well as reviews, Elizabeth Chadwick (http://livingthehistoryelizabethchadwick.blogspot.com/) and Susan Higginbotham/boswellbaxter (http://susandhigginbotham.blogspot.com/) post lots of interesting historical facts about the periods they write in, and Gabriele Campbell (http://lostfort.blogspot.com/) covers German, Scottish and Roman history, often with photos from her travels.

EC mentioned my blog, Carla Nayland Historical Fiction (http://www.carlanayland.blogspot.com/). I aim to post a detailed book review (nearly always HF) every couple of weeks or so, plus posts on history (usually my main era, early medieval Britain). You can find the reviews using the 'review' tag, and I also archive them on my website (http://www.carlanayland.org/reviews/index.htm).
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Post by Chatterbox » Sat October 24th, 2009, 10:20 pm

Thanks so much to all...

It's a friend of a friend, and the request came via my friend, so I'm not really sure of her interests. Will pass on all these; I'm sure that with them & the links everyone has, she'll be able to find what she is looking for!!

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Post by Kasthu » Sat October 24th, 2009, 11:33 pm

I also have a blog, and though I read pretty much everything, I tend to focus on historical fiction:

http://agirlwalksintoabookstore.blogspot.com

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Post by tsjmom » Wed October 28th, 2009, 12:03 am

[quote=""4ever Queen""]

Passages to the Past-HF at:
http://www.passagestothepast.com/

:) [/quote]

I really like this blog for book ideas.

http://writingren.blogspot.com/

This is good for French history, especially some that is not widely known to the average person.

http://blog.catherinedelors.com/

And this for my beloved French history revolving around the decadence that is Versailles.
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Post by robinbird79 » Wed October 28th, 2009, 1:44 am

I have a blog that deals with historical fiction:

http://almostcrazymommy.blogspot.com


I have really only been working on it for a few months so its probably not as well put together as some of the others listed...but I'm getting there!
Currently Reading: Crown in Candlelight, R. H. Jarmen

http://almostcrazymommy.blogspot.com

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