Posts & Articles

Posts & Articles

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General Articles, POSTS, & Interviews

“The Worst Plantagenet King?,” Historical Times, Plantagenet Issue (Issue 28), November 2023.  The magazine requires a subscription, but you can click here for an image of the first two pages of the article and here for the second two pages.

“Meet Pamela Taylor, Novelist and Editor,” Shoutout Miami, December 7, 2022

“Contemplating Contests & Critiques,” Ink & Insights Judges’ Blog, July 9, 2018

Past Perfect — Historical Fiction column for DIY MFA

• • • “Wagon or Wain? The Perils of Linguistic Anachronisms”
    • “Six Key Elements of Historical Narrative”
    • “Research as Real Life”
    • “Creating Authentic Details: Keeping Secrets”
    • “Conversations: Karen Brooks”
    • “Creating Authentic Details: Character Names”
    • “Extrapolating the Past”
    • “Historical Settings: Finding Clues in Maps”
    • “Conversations: Bernard Cornwell”
    • “Celebrating the Solstice”
    • “Creating Authentic Details: Food” 
    • “Conversations: Alison Weir”
    • “Pandemic Potpourri”
    • “When is it Historical Fiction and When is it Something Else?”
    • “Creating Authentic Details: Medicine”
    • “Celebrating Indie Writers”
    • “The Importance of Authenticity”
    • “The Unsavory Side of Authenticity”
    • “Conversations: Jean M. Roberts”
    • “Time Travel: When Sci-Fi meets Historical Fiction”
    • “Where to Start with Historical Fiction”