Tag Archives: historical fantasy

Happy Book Birthday to Me! – by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 11 January 2022 by Jacey Bedford

My new book, The Amber Crown is released into the wild today, published by DAW, and available on both sides of the Atlantic as a trade paperback (large format) and also as an electronic book (Kindle, E-book etc.). I’m delighted … Continue reading →

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RESEARCHING HISTORY FOR FANTASY WRITERS by Dayle A Dermatis

Posted on 22 June 2021 by Jacey Bedford

What this? you ask. I’m writing fantasy. It’s a made-up world with magic, so I can do anything I want, right? I don’t need to know historical details. Yes, it’s your world, and you don’t have to have exact historically … Continue reading →

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Folklore and Fiction by Sandra Unerman

Posted on 27 October 2020 by Jacey Bedford

I have been interested in folklore for even longer than I have been a writer. Books of fairy tales and legends were among my favourite reading as a child but I did not try to write stories of my own … Continue reading →

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Tina Anghelatos asks Tiffani Angus some questions about her new novel, Threading the Labyrinth.

Posted on 16 June 2020 by Jacey Bedford

Tina: The garden is the main character – what gave you the idea about the haunted garden and why did you choose those particular time periods? Which is your favourite? Tiffani: The original idea was to write about a house … Continue reading →

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Riding (and Writing) the Frontier by Laura Anne Gilman

Posted on 18 December 2018 by Jacey Bedford

Research – good, solid, grounding research -is essential for any book, but doubly so for a historical fantasy – and thrice that when you’re using extant and still in-use locations for your setting! The Devil’s West books are set in … Continue reading →

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Fantasy and Historical Perspective by Sandra Unerman

Posted on 14 August 2018 by Jacey Bedford

‘There is nothing like looking if you want to find something…’ but what you find is not always quite the something you were after. So says the narrator of The Hobbit when the dwarves go looking for shelter from a … Continue reading →

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