By Sarah A. Chrisman A Book Is A Time Machine A book is the best and cheapest time machine you will ever buy. As a writer of books about the Victorian era I often think of myself as a tour guide to another time. When showing my fellow travellers the delights of a foreign time, I alwaysContinue reading “What to Say and How to Do: Writing Victorian Historical Fiction”
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Historical Fiction Writing with Universal Class LESSON 2
ELEMENTS OF HISTORICAL FICTION Every genre of fiction has its own special elements. The elements of historical fiction are varied. They include characterisation, setting, plot themes, and specific styles and tones. Characterization Let’s start with characters. Your characters may be real people that have lived in the past. Oftentimes, these people are famous but, ofContinue reading “Historical Fiction Writing with Universal Class LESSON 2”
Historical Fiction Writing with Universal Class – with City of Joondalup – Whitfords Library
INTRODUCTION What Is Historical Fiction? I thought I would first show the definition of Historical Fiction to pinpoint what we are looking at exactly. Historical, adj. 1. Of, relating to, or of the character of history. 2. Based on or concerned with events in history. Fiction, n. 4.a. A literary work whose content is producedContinue reading “Historical Fiction Writing with Universal Class – with City of Joondalup – Whitfords Library”
“A Lord Sotheby’s Influence” Bundle
The first three full novels in Catherine Gayle’s Lord Sotheby’s Influence series, available NOW in a single box set bundle on Amazon. ONLY 83 cents right now on Kindle, and I bought it for a dollar something…..