tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post5924644053000021318..comments2024-01-30T10:45:45.922-05:00Comments on Fiction Writing and Other Oddities: The Dilemmas of Historical FictionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-43336176884421850892010-11-18T08:08:10.208-05:002010-11-18T08:08:10.208-05:00Glad you found it useful! Writing about other hist...Glad you found it useful! Writing about other historical periods is very challenging--but it's also very rewarding and I wish you the best of luck!<br /><br />Let me know when you get published--I'd love to read it!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122506895024303225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-47647804116615274532010-11-17T21:50:56.366-05:002010-11-17T21:50:56.366-05:00Wow, I found your blog because I’m taking a gradua...Wow, I found your blog because I’m taking a graduate level class next semester ( a directed study) on “Writing the Narrative History.” I have always loved historical fiction or nonfiction and feel after I read them that I’ve come away with a good story and some more insights into the past. I have always been fascinated with the lives of people living in conflict, who have to make tough (yet real) decisions, who come back after great loss and how they are changed. What is fascinating is that the historical events really happened and real people had to face that time period’s unique challenges. I’d much rather read about these truths than pure fiction. Accuracy is extremely important to me because I love to learn about the nuances and details of times past.<br /> I have some letters, diaries and artifacts from my relatives in the Civil War and have been fascinated for a long time with their dreams, challenges, lives and losses through this terrible time in our nation’s history. So, I propose to write their story and your blog hit me right where I needed it the most.Cathy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331372065423957944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-2995718271522859222008-06-26T15:36:00.000-04:002008-06-26T15:36:00.000-04:00Thanks for a very useful analysis. I've linked to ...Thanks for a very useful analysis. I've linked to it from the "Writing Tips" page of my Historical Novels website at <A HREF="http://www.HistoricalNovels.info" REL="nofollow">www.HistoricalNovels.info</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-65681584241230034852008-06-24T21:58:00.000-04:002008-06-24T21:58:00.000-04:00I TOTALLY agree with you. Yet another reason to a...I TOTALLY agree with you. Yet another reason to adore previous, more restrictive time periods. Breaking the rules is more fun.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122506895024303225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-10582891352809834792008-06-24T21:48:00.000-04:002008-06-24T21:48:00.000-04:00Wow, thanks for that blog! What a great explanatio...Wow, thanks for that blog! What a great explanation. I'm scared to WRITE a historical, mostly because I'm afraid I'd fail to make it accurate enough. But I really like your point about character, and making the character sympathetic to a modern reader.<BR/><BR/>I'm a big Regency reader, particularly, as far as historicals go. The thing that draws me to them is all the rules and how fun it is to break them. :) I think it's a lot harder to be a rebel in modern times (or at least a lovable one), and I love a good rebel story. Plus forbidden sex is sexier. ;)Sonja Fousthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874425238467467926noreply@blogger.com