Historical Writing

Resources and discussions for those writing about the past, whether fiction or nonfiction. Mod: Lakey.

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Resources by Era.
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Lakey
Lakey
Lakey
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The Time Travelers' Lounge, reopened for business
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BlackMoth
BlackMoth
san_remo_ave
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Historical Genre Success Stories!
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RosieW
RosieW
Flicka
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Blogging about the past
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Trying To Be Good
Trying To Be Good
ULTRAGOTHA
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The Historical Thesarus of English
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Trying To Be Good
Trying To Be Good
san_remo_ave
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History Hunters Weekend Reports
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Lyra Jean
Lyra Jean
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Historical Markets
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Alessandra Kelley
I've made an art history video about European fashion in the Little Ice Age
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Lil
Lil
pebbleg
Archaic speak in a different language (Chinese in this case)
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BronzeRadio
BronzeRadio
Woollybear
Does anyone know of HF writing/critiquing groups?
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Woollybear
Woollybear
Woollybear
New research question (What language was spoken in Asmara, Eritrea, in 1896?) see post 80.
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Woollybear
Woollybear
MountainLark
Are the 1990s historical yet?
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Rally
Rally
BustedPrinter
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Why do people like stories of Pirates so much?
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Lakey
Lakey
XiaoNuwang
Suggestions finding book comps
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CMBright
CMBright
Writing 2 Books on Pre-Christian Scandinavia
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jeh555
jeh555
asterroidd
Research Question (I'm not sure if this goes here)
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Wetumbrella6
Retellings of classics as historical fiction
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Belle_91
The Fiction in Historical Fiction
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J Braden Traw
J Braden Traw
Dual Timelines
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CWatts
CWatts
Andythehuman
Writing a historical piece with fictional elements?
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Catriona Grace
Catriona Grace
Lillith1991
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The Time Traveling Lounge
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Lakey
Lakey
angelisa fontaine-wood
Historical speculative (fantastic) comp suggestions
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Puma
Your historical WIP time & place
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kickashstory
kickashstory
DandyCat
How do you start writing a historical novel without sounding like a history book?
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CWatts
CWatts
StormcatPaperdragon
The Victorian Office
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Jazz Club
Jazz Club
MountainLark
Naming conventions in a historical short story -- am I asking too much of the reader?
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MountainLark
MountainLark
How far back to be historical?
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WistfullyYours
WistfullyYours
TellMeAStory
dropper bottle
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Flirtybee
Lakey
Research with care, my friends.
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MaeZe
MaeZe
JackieMcMahonWriter
Tone/Writing Style of a Historical Romance vs. a Historical Mystery
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angelisa fontaine-wood
Language and Dialogue issues
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Tocotin
Tocotin
David_G
Possible interesting setting for a Historical Fiction Novel
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