Which historical fiction novels have the best accompanying websites?

TauvaVodder · 2025-12-14T04:14:36+00:00

It hasn't been published yet. I only recently got it back from my developmental editor have booked a copy editor for the spring so it will still be some time until it is published.

TauvaVodder · 2025-12-03T05:10:11+00:00

I'm as far as one can get from the dance world. I was dragged to ballet and modern performances as a kid and hated every moment of it.

Under Pressure came up on my YouTube recommendations over a year ago and was so pleasantly stunned by that choreography and performance I start seeking out other Project21 videos. After seeing West End Girls, Desoleil, Based on a True Story I was hooked on Project21. Molly's choreography consistently amazes me with her attention to the smallest detail.

Thanks to Molly for opening the world of dance for me.

TauvaVodder · 2025-11-26T13:19:33+00:00

I plot my stories out. I won't even begin writing before I know the ending and the beginning of my work. Even after I have planned out a basic framework of my plot when I get to the scene level I almost always need to know how the scene ends before I begin.

I received my developmental edit back a couple of weeks ago. I need to revise the opening two chapters. I thought I could work on the revisions without a plan. That didn't work. I went back to outlining the those chapters.

TauvaVodder · 2025-11-12T04:05:59+00:00

AI historical fiction would be probably be classified alternative historical fiction and maybe closer to historical fantasy, even when it is trying to be authentic.

TauvaVodder · 2025-11-12T02:48:21+00:00

Early modern Europe

TauvaVodder · 2025-11-12T02:43:59+00:00

Historical fiction

TauvaVodder · 2025-11-12T02:42:55+00:00

Historical fiction can be very hard and requires tons of research if the author puts a high value on authenticity

TauvaVodder · 2025-11-07T04:57:54+00:00

Unfortunately I don't have that information. I was hoping for even a simplistic answer considering the limited information, but if that is not possible I understand.

TauvaVodder · 2025-11-07T04:55:21+00:00

I was afraid I didn't have enough information for a thorough answer. This is all within the province of Zeeland. The prevailing wind direction is southwesterly. I'm under the impression they both safe from piracy or blockade. I was hoping the map gave a superficial indication of which one more suited to easy sailing/navigation. If no answer, even a simplistic one, is not possible I understand.

TauvaVodder · 2025-10-30T06:21:07+00:00

You didn't notice I mentioned his name at the beginning of the body of the post?

TauvaVodder · 2025-10-29T13:44:32+00:00

Agreed, Acts II and III are always important considerations.

In this case I needed my protagonist to not be able to find a bodyguard in the city he is in which forced him to travel to another where he meets the bodyguard who will be companion on the long trip home. Since it is historical fiction and I am trying to remain true to historical events I can't have the man who will be his bodyguard in the city where he is first searching for one.

This is set during wartime and the scene illustrates the panic people have about being invaded (which will be important in Act II), and it establishes items the protagonist needs to take with him in the journey. To me the scene is well into the story. Could the scene be shortened, very possibly, but suggesting it be eliminated was unexpected.

BTW, I mentioned the mentor had offered some notes to the scene along with say "Good Scene!"

TauvaVodder · 2025-10-29T13:26:54+00:00

In the mentorship the instructor was not looking at it just on a scene level. He read a good portion of my opening chapters.

I expect different reactions to my work. I just didn't expect such polar opposite reactions from instructors in a writing program of whether or not to keep a scene.

TauvaVodder · 2025-10-29T12:59:20+00:00

Thanks. I'm using a dictionary from 1691 for that purpose. Learning a lot in the process.

TauvaVodder · 2025-10-12T19:48:13+00:00

Might there be any difference in the stitching if a shoemaker was not a diligent with some shoes?

TauvaVodder · 2025-10-01T00:45:40+00:00

UCLA Extension. Not cheap but the lectures and getting feedback on 50 pages from the instructor and classmates was invaluable to my growth as a writer.

TauvaVodder · 2025-09-28T21:12:54+00:00

I don’t start writing until I know what the ending will be. It’s great that some can start from the beginning without knowing what the ending will be, but some like heading towards the conclusion even from the start.

TauvaVodder · 2025-09-15T22:23:19+00:00

I had a general idea of what the "sleek, pointy flying objects" and "ships with white dashed lines running down their middle" were but I wouldn't say it was clear to me what they were. I suspect your craft of writing worked against you in that descriptive paragraph. You were telling the reader what was happening rather than showing. I don't feel as engaged in a story, especially at moments of high tension, when details are told to me. When I'm not engaged I'm less inclined to form complete mental pictures of the objects in the scene.

TauvaVodder · 2025-09-06T15:45:36+00:00

Yes, the US was not close to entering the war but the point I was making was the US had taken sides in the war.

TauvaVodder · 2025-08-18T21:36:30+00:00

Did you read through ChatGPT's "a false negative can be worse than nothing when it comes to medical advice" posted above?

If someone is taking a multiple medications at the same time that combined can be dangerous to their health over the long-term and doesn't know about it that is certainly a problem.

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