#HNS2023 Conference Preview by Tema Frank - Let’s face it: designing, writing and maintaining a website is not how most authors want to spend our time. Even as someone with a 40-year history in marketing communications, I hate the administrative side of web marketing, and when I write blog posts, I confess that I don’t … Continue reading Make Sure Your Website Wins Readers and Sells Books
Guest Post by Janis Robinson Daly As an effort to support the National Women’s History Alliance’s 2023 theme for Women’s History Month in March, Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories, author Janis Robinson Daly curated a list of 31 titles within the historical fiction genre which spotlight women in history whose achievements languished in the … Continue reading Celebrating Women By Telling Their Stories through Historical Fiction
Guest Post by Linda Ulleseit In June 2019, I attended the HNS conference in National Harbor, Maryland. As usual, I met fabulous people and heard wonderful speakers. Little did I know that one of those sessions would change my author life. That year, the Tall Poppy Writers held a session on author collectives, discussing what … Continue reading My Experience at #HNS2019 in National Harbor
Guest Post by Marlie Parker Wasserman When writers of historical novels talk about their preparation, they usually focus on how many months or years they spend on research and how much of that research they end up using. It’s common to hear novelists say they spend one year on research and use under ten percent. … Continue reading The Quest for Accuracy
Guest Post by Cindy K. Sproles - We all want to hear the words, "Your historical fiction was unforgettable." Nothing is sweeter than having a reader tell you why they loved your work. It may be unforgettable characters, an enthralling story, or a description. Readers come to historical fiction to be transported to an era … Continue reading Tips for Description that Make Historical Fiction Unforgettable
