This is a tough thing to do for most writers. There is so much going on all at once. The writer often feels as battered as the character fighting the battle. How do you manage to get it all in? How do you describe it all? I am going to Read more…
I’m sure some of you have noticed that in the course of my life, I’ve spent some time in Scotland. In the course of that, I’ve eaten a fair amount of Scottish food–and no haggis is not made out of sheep’s intestines. Like sausage, intestines serve as a casing. However, Read more…
Now I come to the contradictory part and my final rule for writing historical fiction. You have to know the details; you should know them so well that you could walk down a street in your time-period and fit right in. You have to show the customs, which means you Read more…
Your historical fiction depends upon your ability to use historical detail. This is a different world for your reader. You have to supply the images and they have to be the right ones for this world. What is the street like? Does it smell of horse shit? Of smog from Read more…
Caitrina shook her head. Donnchadh said they had gone north and a little east along the pine forest. He pointed to the North Star, faint in the black velvet sky. She rubbed her arms, covered with goose bumps, as they trudged. Even in April, the night air was chill. But Read more…
All right, maybe not exactly. But I write about them the same way. I got a funny look from someone the other day when I said that, so I’m going to explain the similarities. First — non-sex related unless you have different tastes than me, but who knows *grin* — Read more…
We live in a different age than most of our characters. Judging or condemning someone because of their gender, their sexual orientation, their religion, or their color is wrong in our time. Our characters lived in a different time. Don’t judge them for that and do not force them to Read more…
I’m going to do a short series on my own rules for writing historical fiction. Now these are my rules. I obviously can’t and won’t try to force them on anyone else. In at least one case, I wish I could. The one that absolutely infuriates me when it is Read more…
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CHAPTER THREE Caitrina de Berkely snapped off her thread and examined the seam she had finished sewing. There was no doubt. The seam was crooked. She frowned in disgust at the gray underskirt and glanced across the sunlit bower at her sister. Isobail’s needlework was always perfect. Everyone told their Read more…