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One of the greatest joys of writing historical fiction is those moments during the research process when you stumble upon some detail, some event, some facet of the historical truth which is, in fact, stranger than fiction. These discoveries often fit perfectly, or with small changes allowed by artistic license, with the flow of your novel. Other times these nuggets will be so dramatic and gripping that they will demand a change in the flow of the book. …
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So you just got a book published; now what? Well, have a book signing or three right? That’s what all the big-name authors do after all isn’t it? But book signings don’t just happen, or at least they haven’t yet for me! Odds are unless you’ve been picked up by a huge publisher or are very established already (in which case you probably don’t need these tips) then you’ll have to do the leg work to line up a book signing in the first place, and secondly make it a success once you’re…
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We will be posting videos all the time now, basically going through the entire site.
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