Your historical fiction depends upon your ability to use historical detail. This is a different world for your reader. You have to supply th...

We live in a different age than most of our characters. Judging or condemning someone because of their gender, their sexual orientation, the...

Today, I'm happy to have a guest post by Sarah Woodbury, author of historical fiction and fantasy novels. She's posting on the que...

For this new novel (you might want to see the first chapter in my previous post) I want to include as an epigram the first few lines of a so...

CHAPTER ONE April 1296 "Just beyond the peak, my lord." The outrider's voice was dulled by weariness. Under a clear afte...

I write in more than one genre. My historical novels are the ones my agent had been pitching until I parted ways with him recently. I intend...

How much does it matter to you as a reader? How much as a writer? I have to admit it matters immensely to me, but I'm never quite sure w...