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Period Language in Historical Fiction – Revisited

Period Language in Historical Fiction – Revisited I wrote a blog on using period language a few years ago and it is time I revisited the...

A Rose by Any Other Name…

A Rose by Any Other Name… I chose the Canadian classic Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery for a visual because Ann hated her...

Titles and Titillation

I have reclaimed this blog from a blog swap I did with my friend Michael Hiebert. He blogs more often than I, so this piece lay buried...

I’ve Got Rhythm–Who Could Ask for Anything More?

For the magic to happen–and it is magical to gather and lead willing minds on a literary journey–one needs the right books. I discovered...

Hosting Michael Hiebert

I have taken up my friend and colleague, Michael Hiebert, on his invitation to do a blog swap. My blog, Titles and Titillation, will...

The Distracted Writer and His Demons

So I managed to get up by alarm this morning at eight, then wasted a whack of time reading the newspaper, fed the horses, and got to my...

Period Language in Historical Novels?

I now have my second medieval novel underway, but I’m still not sure if I have perfected medieval-speak. I do however, have my own...

Researching Historical Fiction

This is a tricky topic. I check out an historical fiction writers’ forum occasionally and I mostly find very knowledgeable people helping...

Writing Historical Fiction

The fact that tweaked my interest that day was that King Canute of England in the year 1027 traveled to Rome for the coronation of the...

Grabbing Ideas Out of the Air

What has worked for me so far is to relate events that I experienced–a strange meeting on a plane, the finding of a 1940’s love letter in...

Separation Anxiety

No, my wife hasn’t left me, and empty-nest syndrome hasn’t kicked in, though my three sons have gone. The loved ones who are now far away...