Answering Pernilla’s questions at Blogg52
My response to Pernilla SVXRT40’s questions for book lovers from last week, and the introduction to my forthcoming week of questions on this website and Facebook.
At the Quill
At the Quill: About creative writing in my experience and practice. Also posts about independent authorship and self-publishing. Read Creative Writing and Independent Authorship for more details or scroll down.
Might be May
It might be May but this blog entry also looks back at TheSupercargo’s doings in April (which didnt get their own entry) as well as looking ahead.
Dr Dolittle – finding stories in your pocket
Dr Dolittle’s technique for coming up with a story off the cuff still works – a brief presentation of Hugh Lofting and the doctor who talks to animals.
Lincoln – The Great Emancipator
A short historical essay on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the USA.
Johanna Jarlsdotter (Vassi) – my Becky Sharp
How I came to give the name Johanna to a subsidairy point-of-view character in Elin’s Story and the problems in finding an appropriate and historically correct name.
It was a dark and stormy night
In which I legitimately get to start a blog entry with “It was a dark and stormy night” and ramble on about the view from my Brussels window.
Literary photos
Literary photos, including John Betjeman at St Pancras and Sherlock Holmes on the tiles at Baker Street, from my recent visit to England.
Bothwell in Brussels
How to get James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, into the story? Turns out he was in Brussels in 1565. Also includes a translation of “Vadstenabullret”.
Her hidden face – cover-art on historical fiction
Commentary spun off from last week: why so much cover-art for historical novels with female protagonists features a woman who hides her face or whose face is hidden.
Writing Historical Fiction – a review
A review of the book Writing Historical Fiction: A Writers’ and Artists’ Companion by Celia Brayfield and Duncan Sprott published by Bloomsbury.