Guides
Get Your Characters from A to B Authentically: Online Resources for Ground Transportation
Do you need to transport your historical character from Point A to Point B and aren’t sure how he or she will ...Read Guide
New books by HNS members, November 2018
compiled by Sarah Johnson Congrats to the following authors on their new releases! If you’re an HNS member who’s written a ...Read Guide
Guide: Historical Fiction Book Cover Designers
Here are some of the choices that HNS members have made. To find the designer, click on our hover over the cover image. ...Read Guide
Guide: Defining the historical fiction genre
There are problems with defining the historical fiction genre, as with defining any genre. When does ‘contemporary’ end, and ‘historical’ begin? What about ...Read Guide
Ray and Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies: a Resource for Historical Novelists
I’m going to break my own rules in this article. Normally I write about university and cultural heritage institutions’ digitized collections that ...Read Guide
New books by HNS members, August 2018
Congrats to the following authors on their new releases! If you’ve written a historical novel or nonfiction work published (or to be ...Read Guide
Weather History: Story Ideas and Research Sources
Are you a stickler for research, wanting to get even the weather correct for the time period in your novel? There are ...Read Guide
Guide: The Philosophical Historical Novel
The Ancients Philosophers of the past so aroused the societies they lived in that they were often persecuted, executed, or hired to teach ...Read Guide
New books by HNS members, May 2018
Congrats to the following authors on their new releases! If you’ve written a historical novel or nonfiction work published (or to be ...Read Guide
Online Historical Medical Resources
If the historical novel you are writing has people in it, odds are you will need to research medical history for your characters’ ...Read Guide