I used to work in administration, and I love research so I wanted to take a look at this “National Research Administrator Day” listed on the national calendar of holidays and celebrate with some great research links! Research is vital to any writer, whether you are writing contemporary fiction or historical. A writer needs to …
Writing a blog post or web content is about the passion of the person or business behind the Blog. Web content is the heart of the web site, while the blog posts needs to reinforce the message, draw interest and followers. While I will continue to write my historical fiction works, I am happy to …
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Pictured in my last blog post were some items around my house with a bit of green in them. I briefly described most of them but purposely ignored my Pilgrim Lady. She deserves a post all her own. It’s funny the items we inherit that have been in our homes or …
It’s spring again, and I thought I’d kick it off with some vintage green. Among the vintage documents peeks out the grassy-shaded WWII postage stamp on an envelope my grandmother sent to Dad while he served in the Army Air Corps. The background photograph, featuring one of my maternal grandmothers (why I have more than …
I find reading literature from the era in which I am writing helps me to get the feel of the language and times. Many of the following books I’ve read over the years – AJ Cronin and Kenneth Roberts are favorite authors of mine, and I loved Nancy Drew and Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Long …
In the mood for the 1940s? I am, as my work in progress is set in the decade of swing and World War II. So what better way to kick off a series of posts on the 1940s than with the Glen Miller Orchestra and “In The Mood?”
As I have returned to have a day job recently, I’ve had less time to write – mostly in dribs and drabs on my lap during lunch (why doesn’t my company have quiet corners with comfy desk chairs just for writing at lunch?). I’ve begun re-reading the Anne of Green Gables series, and there’s much …
Okay, so I tend to geek out on family history – and not just my own. But why talk about it on a blog geared to writing historical fiction? What does one have to do with the other? While researching genealogy, I’ve discovered some wonderful nuggets of history which seeded good ideas for fiction. Go …
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One great source of inspiration while writing is art from the period in which I am writing about: in this case regency England. One author who proves an excellent source of such inspiration is Edmund Blair Leighton, an English painter who specialized in historical themes, in particular the medieval and regency periods, though Leighton lived …
I have seen a couple of these in very old books I’ve owned; they must have made convenient bookmarks – not sure what that says of their sentimental value, but NPR posted an article about them by Linton Weeks. Read it here.