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Eighty Excellent Online Historical Collections
I'm taking a break during this long, hot summer month and hope you enjoy this Eighty Excellent Online Historical Collections list link,first...
A VERY Fashionable Historical Fiction List Link
I just finished a first draft of a new short story and because I wanted to explore the intersection between two different institutions—haute couture...
The Seamstress on Cider Lane is Here!
It's been a long time coming but The Seamstress on Cider Lane, the second novel in my WWII romance trilogy, is finally here. (The first in the...
Thirty-Eight Illuminating PLW Historical Fiction Link Lists
In honor of PLW's four years of blogging, I've created a list of all thirty-eight of our Link Lists. There be gems below, fellow historical fiction...
Q&A – Something You Don’t Like About the Period You Write In
In order to be an author of historical fiction, an author must get really down and dirty in their chosen timeframe. The more intimate the research...
Getting in the Fashion Groove for Historical Fiction
Clothes Make the man…and woman Clothing and fashion are more than part of the setting. Fashion reveals much about the characters, their...
It’s All in the Underwear
Readers have different qualifications on what makes a historical fiction book “good.” As a writer, I worry about pacing, punchy dialogue (or punchy...
In Historical Fiction, The Character Makes the Clothing
This July our PLW Tuesday blogs are dedicated to one of the most fascinating research rabbit holes ever—historical clothing. Throughout the month...
7 Things About Gilded Age Fashion
If you’ve been watching the new Julian Fellowes series The Gilded Age, you’ll know that the fashion of the late 19th and early 20th century...
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