Coming May 1st, a historical fiction craft book from the Paper Lantern Writers! If you’ve ever wondered how to tackle something in your fiction, we have the answers. My own chapters include information on how to research a location when you can’t visit it (ie, when COVID locks you in place for months), and how… Read More

Have you dreamed of writing a novel? If you want to try your hand at historical fiction, or if you want to hone your skill, Crafting Stories from the Past is for you. Coming May 1st from Paper Lantern Writers, and yes, I’ve got two chapters in it! Preorder now (a PLW affiliate link).

I’m thrilled to share that my short story “Millie and Loretta at the Desert Oasis” is one of twelve short stories accepted for the Historical Novel Society North America‘s first conference anthology!!!! Whoo-hoo! It’s so exciting to have a short story I’ve written and love resonate with readers! Even more Whoo-hoo, I’m a finalist for… Read More

As Jillianne Hamilton shares in this week’s PLW Q&A: “All readers adore characters with appealing traits: bravery, determination, intelligent, wit, generosity or charm. However, to make a character fully real and believable, authors must give their characters flaws. It’s their flaws that can actually make a character the most interesting and relatable. The right combination… Read More

Fellow historical author Kathryn Pritchett was kind enough to ask me a few questions recently. And here are my answers….  

And away we go!

Perhaps the very best thing about hidden history is that it’s being revealed all the time! In today’s PLW blog, I’m sharing both an old hidden history favorite and some of the latest reveals. Ancient Pompeian frescos, anyone?

Literary Success! Is it one big elusive goal, or a single, simple appreciation? Find out what historical novelists C. V. Lee, Jonathan Posner, Jillianne Hamilton, Anne M. Beggs, and I consider Literary Success on today’s Paper Lantern Writers blog.

To Be Honest, Viola Vermillion, the heroine of THE RED-HOT BLUES CHANTUESE is a very ambitious woman. Discover Viola’s biggest ambition in this recent Paper Lantern Writers Q&A: What’s Your Protagonist’s Dream Job.

One of the things to remember, as you use historical newspapers to research your historical novel or short story, is that “You can’t always believe what you read.” I found this article in the (Thursday September 25) 1919 New York Times and was immediately intrigued. How often do you read of a person being killed… Read More