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One of the more intricate questions a writer of historical fiction must deal with is language. English, which has the largest vocabulary of any of the world’s languages, is constantly evolving …
One of the more intricate questions a writer of historical fiction must deal with is language. English, which has the largest vocabulary of any of the world’s languages, is constantly evolving …
Perhaps it’s time to ask, what do you think of it? Is it worth reading? I’d love to hear from YOU.
Does a writer have a toolbox? What are the essential devices I need and use to write? Are there tools for my trade?
A computer radically changed the way I wrote. Even when I had committed to professional writing—and had already published some books—I had struggled all my life with being dysgraphic.
I am a believer that the best way to teach young people how to write (and read) is to read to them out loud. It is also the best way to improve your own writing.
When I talk to my young readers and sometimes adults, one of the most common questions I am asked is, “Of all the books you have written, what’s your favorite?”
In my years of writing this blog, I haven’t commented much about what it takes to work in the publishing industry, the world that creates the physical book.
In the course of my lifetime, the printed, hard-bound book has undergone a massive transformation. It is still a codex, but the quality of the book itself, the binding, the paper, the design, and the printing has, in my mind, greatly deteriorated.
Little is known about Lambert Simnel. Who was he really? Where did he come from? How did he come to be chosen as a legitimate pretender to the English throne?
One of the key questions a writer must come to terms with right from the beginning is—how is the story to be told? What is “the Point of View,” also known as POV? Is it me or he/she?