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I have never liked this piece of advice to writers. Sometimes you just need to tell. It can be something small or trivial that you don’t want to spend time developing into a full-scale scene with dialogue, just a little throwaway so you can get back to your main plot. But how does this fit when writing historical fiction?


The facts are known and can’t be ...


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Corruption and Currying Favour in Medieval France

by Kristin Gleeson


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Much of history is about people and their actions but people live in places and that geographical context impacted on their lives, making it a valid subject for investigation. Local historians study inhabited places and perhaps the gaps in between but why are those people there? What made the original settlers decide to set up home in this place, rather than that place? What ...


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When I describe myself as a historical novelist, what do I really mean? Historical fiction is a such a broad term. I’ve written stories set in the past which don’t focus on actual historical events but instead bring to life the daily realities of the era (for example, my 


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