Since so many women have been left out of the history books, it’s fortunate we can turn to fiction for illuminating tales of by-gone women. To...
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Q & A – What is Your Love Language?
Photo by Maira Gallardo on Unsplash For me, the word February conjures up visions of Valentine’s Day — a holiday we’ve been conditioned to associate...
Q & A – Christmas Memories
With the winter season fast approaching, the dark nights lengthen and many days are marked by a gray overcast, rain, or fog. But together we’ve...
Q & A – What is Your Favorite Family Tradition
I love the holidays because to me it means precious time with family and friends. Not just a few hours, but days of togetherness. Throughout the...
Q & A – What Do You Owe the Real People Included in Your Book?
What do we owe the historical figures in fictional stories? This was a burning question that I wanted answered when I began writing. I was advised...
Q& A Most Difficult Scene to Write
Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash We write because we love it, but at times it presents us with difficult challenges. From the original concept to...
Q&A – Fun Scenes to Write
Photo by Ramakant Sharda on Unsplash Like every other art form, writing requires much study and practice to become accomplished. Like a concerto has...
Conquering Writer’s Block
Photo by Ryan Snaadt on Unsplash Everyone has or will experience that moment when they sit down to write and the mind draws a blank, like every...
Keeping Motivated to Write
Photo by Benjamin Davies on Unsplash It’s February and according to the experts, i.e. USA Today and Inc., most of us have abandoned our New Year’s...
5 Takes on Editing
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the first draft of our writing came out perfect? But as we all learn, that is only a pipe dream. Seriously, no one is...
Research & Writing
No matter what genre you’re writing, there’s research involved. For a murder mystery, your search history may include how various poisons...
“An’ the Gobble-uns’ll git you*”
I don’t know about you, but when the Autumn pine needles shiver to the ground and candy corn finally arrives on the store shelves, my imagination...
Q & A ~ Sage Writing Advice
Whew! With an endless supply of writing advice available, its easy to get lost in the shear volume of information. After wading through mountains of...
Q & A ~ Prose Problems
Every human has strengths and weaknesses. The same is true for authors and writers. Some aspects of the writing process come easy, almost natural,...
July 31 ~ Q & A /Race Relations in Histfic
This week the Paper Lantern Writers tackle a topic for our times - How have you dealt with race relations when writing historical fiction? Tindoor,...
July 17th ~ Q & A
Writers draw from all sorts of creative wells and are inspired by creative people who rarely put pen to paper. Today the Paper Lantern Writers talk...
June 26th ~ Q & As
Our bookshelves are crammed with reference books and our browsers have hundreds of bookmarks to research sites. As historical fiction writers, we...
June 12th ~ Q & As
This Friday the Paper Lantern Writers want to know “What do you love most about writing historical fiction?” C.V. lets us know that “I love puzzles...
June 5th ~ Q & As
Studying history provides us with a deeper understanding of current events, showing us that the nature of man hasn't changed much over the...
May 29th ~ Q & As
This Friday, as summer seems so close and yet so far away, Linda wonders “What was your favorite book as a child or teen?" Milo and Tock! C.V....
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