historical fiction

Hi everyone, A Kiwi, happily domiciled on a remote island off the coast of Tasmania, I recently become an Australian citizen. Those that know me have sugggested I may still be suffering from the effects of the lobotomy this process entails (i'm joking🤣). I love writing, and during the course...

Hi everyone, A Kiwi, happily domiciled on a remote island off the coast of Tasmania, I recently become an Australian citizen. Those that know me have sugggested I may still be suffering from the effects of the lobotomy this process entails (i'm joking🤣). I love writing, and during the course...

Hi everyone, A Kiwi, happily domiciled on a remote island off the coast of Tasmania, I recently become an Australian citizen. Those that know me have sugggested I may still be suffering from the effects of the lobotomy this process entails (i'm joking🤣). I love writing, and during the course...

Hi everyone, A Kiwi, happily domiciled on a remote island off the coast of Tasmania, I recently become an Australian citizen. Those that know me have sugggested I may still be suffering from the effects of the lobotomy this process entails (i'm joking🤣). I love writing, and during the course...

Hi Litopians I am working on a historical fiction based on research I've accumulated on the life of my grandfather. My first chapter (Society of American Fakirs) was on PopUp submissions, but can't seem to find the link. I'm considering a format where each chapter starts with the short newspaper...

There once was a lady who liked books, flower gardening, and dogs. It’s me. I am that lady. Also, I’m a writer, editor, reviewer, and artist. Since 2013, I’ve worked with forty authors, self-published five multi-author Austen-adjacent anthologies, and edited over fifty books. A life member of...

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...