Who will you hose down with water on Dyngus Day? Do you have an antique to cherish on National Cherish an Antique Day? Will your name be mentioned hundreds of years from now in the history books? If so, why? Will you see a rainbow on Find a Rainbow Day? Are you going to wear…
Tag: historical fiction
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Historical Fiction, Mystery, New Words Learned, Suspense/Thrillers, Words
Mrs. Poe – a Review
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• •A love triangle surrounded by mystery and suspense makes for a thrilling historical fiction novel. One of the best known writers of the macabre, Edgar Allen Poe, falls in love with a struggling female poet, Frances Osgood. But Poe is already married, and his young wife insists on befriending the woman her husband is involved…
Book Reviews, Historical Fiction, New Words Learned
I Am Rembrandt’s Daughter – a Review
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• •Secrets. Every family, whether rich or poor, has them. What happens when these secrets are no longer hidden? What would it have been like to be the daughter of a famous painter? Fourteen-year-old Cornelia has a famous father, Rembrandt van Rijn. He was once greatly admired and his paintings sought after. Now he is tottering…
Author Interviews, Fiction Writing
Lloyd Lofthouse Interview – Writing, Characters, and Vietnam
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• •How much of Running with the Enemy is fiction? How much of it really happened? How completely does he develop his characters before writing? When did he first have a desire to write? What advice does he have for writers who are striving to be published? You are a Vietnam veteran, and this book started as a…
Author Interviews, Fiction Writing
Lynn Cullen Interview – Sofonisba Anguissola, Juana the Mad, and Historical Fiction
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• •What was it about Sofonisba Anguissola and Juana the Mad that caught this author’s attention? What did she do to learn more about these two fascinating women? How old was this author when she began to write? How supportive is her family of her writing? What advice does she have for aspiring authors? Sofonisba Anguissola…