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The Craft: Painting the Past: A Guide for Writing Historical Fiction (Historical World-Building)

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  • How Place Shapes My Writing: From Coastal Maine to Victorian England
    I’ve been lucky enough to travel a little and see some different corners of the world. As a reader, I’ve even time-traveled from Ancient Rome to Victorian England and countless other times and places in between. There is something about … Continue reading How Place Shapes My Writing: From Coastal Maine to Victorian England
  • How to Structure Your Novel When You’re a Pantster: A Guide for Discovery Writers
    I’ve said several times over the years that I’ve gone from being more focused on outlines to being more of a discovery writer. Some writers do well with an outline, and in the past, when I was less sure of … Continue reading How to Structure Your Novel When You’re a Pantster: A Guide for Discovery Writers
  • One Scene I Almost Cut From The Professor of Eventide (and Why I Kept It)
    If you’ve been writing as long as I have, you already know that every novel we write contains scenes that seem to come effortlessly as well as scenes that have to fight to survive. In The Professor of Eventide, there … Continue reading One Scene I Almost Cut From The Professor of Eventide (and Why I Kept It)
  • The Books That Shaped The Writer I Became
    When I think about the writer I’ve evolved into, after more than 20 years of learning and honing my craft, I can trace part of that journey through four books in particular: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, Writing Down … Continue reading The Books That Shaped The Writer I Became

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