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Tag Archives: historical fiction
Setting the Scene
World-building is an ongoing, tedious, compulsory process that enables a writer’s control freak habits while we set scenes that readers can really dive into.
How to Appreciate the First (Sucky) Draft
Lesson the first for every writer everywhere: the first draft almost always sucks. But that’s okay. In fact, sometimes that works to your advantage.
To Outline or Not to Outline: Is There a Question?
Every writer creates their own outline in their own way and in their own time. Unless, of course, they skip it altogether.
Join the Conversation: Reexamining Dialogue
When it comes to dialogue, writers really do need to say what they mean and mean what they say.
Murder in Williamstown by Kerry Greenwood: a Book Review
The game is afoot—and a rather stylishly clad one, at that—in Kerry Greenwood’s Murder in Williamstown.
The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club by Julia Bryan Thomas: a Book Review
The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club by Julia Bryan Thomas takes escaping through books and using them to make sense of one’s place in the world to new heights.
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati: a Book Review
For readers who enjoy historical fiction, badass femme fatales, and good old-fashioned revenge, Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati is a must-add for your TBR list.
The Last Carolina Girl by Meagan Church: a Book Review
In The Last Carolina Girl, Leah Payne experiences many ways in which life can suddenly change: from losing the person you love most to the harsh edicts of a corrupt government institution.
A Legacy of Bones by Doug Burgess: a Book Review
In A Legacy of Bones by Doug Burgess, the Hawaiian landscape is the backdrop for a history of misery that will define the Lathrop family.
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