On March 1, 2024, the last book in the When the Blood Is Up series publishes. A LADY’S RESILIENCE explores the backstory behind the first four...
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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...
Opening up the Tudor world through fiction
I recently attended a Christmas market in my home city of Exeter, UK. Over the course of three days in my little chalet booth, I had many...
Celebrating New Year in the Soviet Union
One of the signs of getting older is when the decade of your childhood is designated as “historic.” Since I grew up in a country that no longer...
THE RED-HOT BLUES CHANTEUSE Release Day!
Thanks for joining me on the release day for my latest historical mystery THE RED-HOT BLUES CHANTEUSE! Set in 1919 San Francisco, RED-HOT features...
New Release: The Map Colorist
Launch Day! I’m so excited that today is the launch for my second historical novel, The Map Colorist! Tomorrow it will be three years since the...
Ana’s Top 5 PLW Historical Fiction Q&A blogs
Way back in December 2019 when we launched our PLW website, I started a weekly PLW Q&A post. I thought it’d be a good way for the historical...
New Release: Betrayal of Trust
On July 30, 3023, my latest novel, Betrayal of Trust, was released. This book contains the story that started me on my journey to authorhood...
What I Learned About Being a Writer From My Mother Who Was an Artist
PLW NOTE: Today we welcome historical fiction author Florence Reiss Kraut as our Guest Author! More info about Florence is available in her bio at...
New Release: The River Remembers
Today (June 27, 2023) marks the publication of my sixth novel. Sixth novel!? It still surprises me when people say, "Oh, you're a prolific writer!"...
Q & A What is the Spark that Prompted Your Book
The world of historical fiction is full of amazing, interesting, and fascinating stories. I often wonder what sparks authors to write the stories...
Goal-Conflict-Disaster. Reaction-Dilemma-Decision. Repeat-Repeat-Repeat.
Wowza! During this merry month of May, my fellow Paper Lantern Writers C.V. Lee, Kathryn Pritchett, Jonathan Posner, and Edie Cay have shared their...
Obliged to be Industrious
I grew up as a musician in a household of musicians. My father was the conductor of a summer county band--think of any extremely wholesome outside...
5 Quotes that Add Up to Writing Success
While waiting to board a recent flight to LA, I heard a man tell his companion that “ninety-eight percent of success is just showing up.” Eighty...
Quotes as Turning Points
Back in my young mother years, I was watching a talk show and a guest commented that ‘at 40 her life was over.’ What I believe she meant was that...
And Sometimes…What’s Hidden Stays Hidden
Instead of writing about some hidden history that I’ve uncovered, today I’m going to share something historic that I’ve kept hidden. Long ago when...
Writing A Second Book
Writing changed my life. Then publishing changed my life in more ways. I’m about to become a two-book Mama, I mean author. I loved watching my...
On a Pedestal
“YOU CAN’T KNOCK A WOMAN OFF A PEDESTAL SHE BUILT HERSELF.” I don’t know who first said those words, but they are affirming.Throughout history, the...
So Many Firsts—Including My First Book Launch
When writing a first novel, there are a lot of firsts. Every novel has a first chapter, a first sentence, a first paragraph. Little did I know how...
Holiday Food Traditions… (with recipes)
Living alone with minimal family, one tends to create one’s own traditions, but in my case, a few food traditions have emerged along the way that...
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