Tanzanite
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I’m a reader and love history and historical fiction.
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Countdown to HNS Conference: Author Heather Domin
This week's featured conference speaker is Heather Domin, author of The Soldier of Raetia.What got you first interested in historical fiction?When I was a little girl I was really into Greek mythology, which led to an interest in the ancient world and, eventually, history in general. When I was nine my teacher…
My computer crashed a few days ago and while the computer geeks at Best Buy see if it can be saved, I'm using an older laptop with severe technical limitations with posting pictures, links, copying text etc. So, this week's list won't contain summary's since trying to copy them creates…
Countdown to HNS Conference: Author Mary Sharratt
This week's featured HNS speaker is Mary Sharratt, author of Illuminations.What got you first interested in historical fiction? When I started writing in the late 1980's, the dominant literary genre seemed to be minimalist fiction with a strong autobiographical, self-referential, confessional slant--ie the Raymond Carver school of writing that was dominating the MFA…