Tag Archives: historical fiction

Inspiration From the19th Century by Nancy Jane Moore

Posted on 29 June 2021 by Jacey Bedford

One of the reasons I avoided majoring in English when I was in college was that the department had draconian rules requiring you to take courses from many different periods. I had no objections to Shakespeare or Chaucer and was … 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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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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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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Heroic Factasy by Ben Jeapes

Posted on 20 November 2017 by Jacey Bedford

I don’t read much heroic fantasy, for various reasons. A good one is that it all comes in such fat multi-volume series that I simply don’t have the time. But a deeper, slightly more sneaking one is that, well, it’s … Continue reading →

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