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Historical Fiction Short Story Anthologies
One of my favorite ways of spending a weekend is getting comfortable on my couch and reading for hours, usually historical fiction. When I don’t...
Celebrity-Written Novels: A Historical Fiction+ List Link
Hey, have you heard? Or have you read that Keanu Reeves (yes, Neo, John Wick, and Ted himself) has co-authored a novel? Written with best-selling...
I Happen To Like New York: A Historical Fiction List Link
Just like that most elegant swellegant Broadway bon vivant Cole Porter wrote back in 1930, I Happen to Like New York. And since I like New York and...
70+ Free Historical Fiction ePubs
For almost a year, Paper Lantern Writers (and specifically our Tudor-era author Jonathan Posner) has been hosting a monthly historical fiction...
Twenty+ Great Historical Fiction Author Interviews
I purchase a lot of books and download a lot of freebees by new-to-me historical fiction authors. If I enjoy reading one of those books, I do three...
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....
Friday Links: “…help Mrs. Thomas Catt with her ‘Rats’”
On Tuesday August 18, 2020 American women celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. With...
10 Movies That Portray Everyday Life During WWII
I've always loved history relating to everyday life. That's probably why life on the WWII homefront fascinates me. My WWII romance trilogy,...
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...
That’s Entertainment! Historical Fiction Edition, That Is!
I’ve got a new historical mystery (The Red-Hot Blues Chanteuse) coming out next week! And usually, once I’ve told people that the mystery takes...
Top 5 PLW Blogs about Writing
Early in 2021, I woke up with a tingling sensation under my skin. The series of scenes that I kept seeing in my head over the last few months came...
Eighty Excellent Online Historical Collections
Happy International Archives Day! In the spirit of Fifty Fabulous Online Library Historical Collections, Sixty Sensational Online Historical Archive...
8 Links to Food and Eating in Literature
Food and adequate nutrition are not only essential to all life, but make for excellent world building in historical fiction, and lots of tension....
Where to Find Your Historical Fiction Peeps Online
Every now and then, a writer of historical fiction looks up from their screen (or sheaf of paper) and cries out “Enough with Marie Antoinette’s...
PLW Historical Fiction YouTube Gems
Did you know…Paper Lantern Writers has a historical fiction YouTube Channel! Over the past two years our YouTube Guru C.V. Lee has encouraged all of...
Happy Holiday Postcards
I’m always thrilled to learn that I’m not the only one in the world who loves historic postcards, and I’ve met so many postcard lovers that I’m...
Genealogy Links, Anyone?
We’re blogging about family this month, so I thought a few free genealogy links—including how-to tips and resources for researching—would be in...
Everyday Life in….
No matter what century or what locale we’re writing about, every historical fiction author strives to show exactly what “life was like back then”....
74 Superlative Online Historical College Collections
To Americans of a certain age — ahem! — September will always mean “back to school”. In celebration of this momentous month, I’m pleased to continue...
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