Happy end to 2025! I hope this year brought you success in your endeavors, and health and happiness to you and yours. Releasing a new book in...
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Harriet and Dred Scott
The recent Paper Lantern Writer anthology, Echoes of Small Things, contains stories about minor events that may have changed history. Μy story,...
Top Historical Fiction Picks November 2025
It’s November and that means a new short story anthology from Paper Lantern Writers! For lovers of historical fiction who understand that the...
Top Picks Historical Fiction October 2025
October is really the beginning of Fall, the beginning of cozy nights by the fire, crisp mornings, and walking through piles of fallen leaves. It’s...
Top Historical Fiction Picks September 2025
This month I’m celebrating the first birthday of my seventh novel! Innocents at Home is heritage fiction, based on two ancestors of mine who were on...
Top Historical Fiction Picks for August 2025
Do you remember when September was Back-to-School Month and not August? I do. At any rate, whether you have scholars heading back to the classroom...
Top Historical Fiction Picks July 2025
Congratulations to lantern C. V. Lee! Her newest novel, Her Noble Groom, comes out July 24. Don’t miss it! It is a poignant medieval romance about...
Top Historical Fiction Picks June 2025
June brings us summer and a whole batch of new historical fiction! Isn't it wonderful how they just keep coming? BEST COVER The Moonlit Maze...
Top Historical Fiction Picks May 2025
Are you fascinated by writing in the past? Does your story demand a historical setting? Do you wonder how to bring antiquity to life? To meet the...
Top Historical Fiction Picks April 2025
By Arrow and Sword actually came out late in March, but Paper Lantern Writers had two releases in March, so I decided to feature this one in April!...
Top Historical Fiction Picks March 2025
Is it trite to say Spring into Books for March? I don’t think there’s anything special about reading in spring, actually, since I read all year and...
Top Historical Fiction Picks February 2025
This month is the perfect time to try a new romance from our own Edie Cay. Into the Breach With You is the third book in her Ladies Alpine...
CIBA Awards
PLW books advance in several categories of this award. Our anthology Beneath a Midwinter Moon has been named to the semifinals of the Short Story...
Top Historical Fiction Picks January 2025
Happy New Year! What better way to start the new year than a bookshelf (or Kindle) full of new books? And you can make a New Year’s Resolution to...
Top Historical Fiction Picks December 2024
No matter what winter holiday(s) you celebrate, I hope the season brings you peace, family, and lots of time to read. If you’re looking for the...
Historical Novels inspired by Mark Twain’s Works
Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist, often praised as the United States' greatest humorist. William Faulkner called him "the...
Top Historical Fiction Picks November 2024
I’m so thankful this month for the publication of Paper Lantern Writers’ third anthology of short historical fiction, Destiny Comes Due. This year,...
Top Picks Historical Fiction October 2024
This October, after you have carved pumpkins and hung ghosts from your porch, curl up with a pumpkin spice latte and read Alina Rubin’s newest book,...
Interview with Historical Fiction Author Alina Rubin
I very much enjoyed interviewing Paper Lantern Writer Alina Rubin for this post. She wrote her first novel during the pandemic and now has four...
Favorite Historical Fiction Post From the Past Five Years
This month marks the fifth anniversary of Paper Lantern Writers, and the celebration is ongoing! As one of the original five members, I've been...
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