Abigail’s Necklace was my first attempt at writing a historical fiction short story. Crafting a great short story is more difficult than writing a...
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Words with a Wordsmith: Michelle Cox
Are there TV shows or films that have influenced your writing? Tons! I love all period dramas,...
Repost of Soup’s on; let’s share!
Is it too early to be excited about fall soups? I love pumpkin soup! And that's why I love this post from Ana Brazil. It tells the moral tale of...
How to Organize a Successful Retreat – With Tami Palmer
To learn how to organize a great writing retreat, I decided to ask an expert. Tami Palmer is an author of three fiction and one non-fiction books...
Words with a Wordsmith: Jane Loeb Rubin
What was the inspiration for your most recent book? Over There, the third book of the Gilded City...
How IT Project Management Informs My Historical Fiction
Only a short time ago, I was an IT project manager. My day job had nothing to do with writing historical fiction novels. In fact, I didn’t even...
Words with a Wordsmith: Alina Adams
What was the inspiration for your most recent book? My first Soviet-Jewish historical fiction, “The Nesting Dolls,” was set in 1930s USSR...
8 Favorite Film Adaptations of Historical Fiction from Around the World
When I was ten years old, my mother told me that a famous American film Gone with the Wind will be playing at the movie theater in my hometown of...
PLW The History Quill Panel: Strong Women in Historical Fiction are not Anachronistic
If damsels in distress or heroines who only talk about their clothes and suitors make you want to throw the book across the room, you should check...
Words with a Wordsmith: Laura Gwendolyn Hill
Medieval Girl Power in Action What brings you great joy as a writer? There are many things that bring me joy as a writer. Having the idea for the...
Interview with Historical Fiction Author Jonathan Posner
I've enjoyed interviewing Jonathan Posner, the PLW's only UK author. He has been an avid reader of fiction ever since he was old enough to own a...
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
“All happy food memories are alike; all unhappy food memories are unhappy after their own fashion,” writes Anya Von Bremzen, playing on the opening...
New Release: A Surgeon and A Spy by Alina Rubin
This story came to me back in October 2020, when I was an accomplished writer of heart wrenching IT compliance documents. That day, I was working on...
Words with a Wordsmith: Marthese Fenech
The Pen is Mightier than the Halberd What music do you listen to when you write? Epic scores...
A Surgeon and a Spy
Words with a Wordsmith Vanessa Riley
What’s your favorite under-appreciated novel? I believe Sister Mother Warrior is under-appreciated, mainly because many people haven't had the...
5 Historical Novels Set at Sea
Imagine you are on a wooden ship in the middle of the storm. The waves are spilling onto the deck. The wind is threatening to break the mast. The...
5 Stories about Jewish Life and Music in Abigail’s Song
Many years ago, when I was eight, my grandmother Rina Fridman gave me a dry cracker to try. It was bland, but I ate it anyway. “It’s called matzah....
Hidden History of Secret Messages (Cryptography)
Imprisoned and sentenced to execution, Sir John Trevanion had little chance of avoiding his terrible fate. Hours from death, he retained a slight...
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