World Building in an Historical Novel

There are dozens (hundreds?) of articles on world building in fantasy and science fiction novels. But what about in other genres? We cannot forget that in any novel, no matter what genre, you are creating a world for your reader. Whether it is a small town in middle...

On Writing Historical Fiction

The hardest part of being a writer of historical fiction is the research. Oh, it’s not always difficult to find resources or to go through them searching for the answers to my questions. No, the hardest part of research is stopping—stopping going through all the...