A huge thank you to fellow Paper Lantern Writer Jilliane Hamilton for these thoughtful interview questions! What drew you the medieval world when...
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The Emergence of a Heroine
Guest Blog by award-winning author Barbara Stark-Nemon I was on the third day of a bicycle trip from Lisbon, Portugal to the Alhambra in Granada,...
Interview with Historical Fiction Author Jonathan Posner
I've enjoyed interviewing Jonathan Posner, the PLW's only UK author. He has been an avid reader of fiction ever since he was old enough to own a...
Q & A Do You Have Animals in Your Historical Fiction? If so, what are they and how significant are they to your story?
As an animal lover, I was curious about animals and what roles they play in our historical fiction books, so I asked: Do you have animals in your...
New Release: A Surgeon and A Spy by Alina Rubin
This story came to me back in October 2020, when I was an accomplished writer of heart wrenching IT compliance documents. That day, I was working on...
Words with a Wordsmith: Marthese Fenech
The Pen is Mightier than the Halberd What music do you listen to when you write? Epic scores...
Why Write Fiction Based on the Past?
This is a guest blog by historical fiction author Bruce W. Bishop. I found a treasure when I was a child in the 1960s. It was in the attic of the...
Words with a Wordsmith: Jennifer Ash
Jennifer Ash writes writes historical fiction and cosy crime. Are there TV shows or films that have influenced your writing? The answer to this...
Historical Fiction Interview with Paper Lantern Writer Anne Beggs
I'm delighted to be interviewing Anne M. Beggs this month, author of Archer's Grace, first in the Dahlquin series set in Medieval Ireland. This is...
Words with a Wordsmith: Sarah V. Barnes
= Sarah V. Barnes writes the stories inside her. Do you listen to music while you write or edit? If so, what’s on your writing playlist? Yes, music...
Diversity in action: Women in historical fiction who disguise themselves as men
This blog series is about supporting creators from diverse backgrounds, but I have decided to take a step to one side. I want to focus not on the...
Historical Fiction, Family Saga, and Diversity – Korea to Japan
What I didn’t know about Korea Before listening to Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee, I could count on one hand the things I knew about Korea: My father...
Words with a Wordsmith Vanessa Riley
What’s your favorite under-appreciated novel? I believe Sister Mother Warrior is under-appreciated, mainly because many people haven't had the...
Historical Mystery Writer Ana Brazil
As the days build to the summer solstice, make the most of those extra hours of daylight to read about our Lantern of the Month, Ana Brazil. Ana...
Why I Write Historical Fiction
This is a guest blog by historical fiction author Lindsey Fera. People often ask me what got me into writing historical fiction and eventually,...
A Novelist Questions Her Protagonist’s Motives
Author Rebecca D'Harlingue talks with her character Anneke van Brug from The Map Colorist. Rebecca: Hello, Anneke, I feel that I know you quite...
Words with a Wordsmith Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger
Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger writes historical fiction with strong women characters. What was the inspiration for The Diplomat's Wife? The Diplomat’s Wife...
Who does the thinking? The author or the character?
I was interested to read Anne Beggs's interview last week with her fictional character Lady Aine of Dahlquin, and particularly the point Anne Beggs...
A Historical Fiction Interview with Paper Lantern Writer Kathryn Pritchett
Welcome to May and to an interview with our Lantern of the Month, Kathryn Pritchett. Kathryn lives a few miles away from me in the Oakland Hills,...
Mama Bear of Dahlquin Grants Us an Audience
As a fiction writer, who writes about people of my imagination, not true people with biographies I could research, you would think I would know...
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