Writing tips, historical fiction




Janet Fitch (White Oleander) posted these ten writing rules on her blog last month, and then the LA Times reprinted them, and after that the piece went around to other writing blogs.  These are helpful revision tips, even if you’ve heard them all before.  Fitch posts writing exercises and and craft tips on her blog.  She also teaches at USC


The Guardian (UK) has a great books blog.   A recent entry, The Lying Art of Historical Fiction, caught my eye.   I’ve been thinking about Hilary Mantel’s book Wolf Hall since finishing it, all those wonderful details of Thomas Cromwell’s life that she had to have made up.