Category Archives: historical fiction

Saskia Walker – Guest Post

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Saskia Walker! # When I started out on my writing journey I used to fret about how the fantasy or paranormal elements of a story would mesh with the more everyday aspects. As writers we want … Continue reading →

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Why Not Twentieth Century Historicals?

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Why are so few (print) romance novels set in the twentieth century? If you go to a bookstore and look at the section labelled “Romance,” certain things are there and certain things are not. With the exception of occasional outliers … Continue reading →

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Today Through History

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

One of the reasons I most enjoy researching and writing about World War One is that it’s a time period rich in issues that interest me. For instance, in Great Britain during World War One, woman suffrage was still being … Continue reading →

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Werewolves in WWI? Why Not?

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

This post was written for Harlequin’s Paranormal Romance Blog. For The Moonlight Mistress, I combined a historical novel with paranormal elements. As you probably know already if you read this blog regularly, the book is set during the early days … Continue reading →

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Regencies and Amish Romance

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

What about the Regency Romance appeals, in the past and now? Here are some thoughts. I’m not sure I entirely agree with myself on every point, if that makes sense…but I’m going to ramble on anyway, going one way and … Continue reading →

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Edwardian/Belle Epoque Research Links

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

The Edwardian period in England officially lasted from 1901-1910 but is often extended through the end of World War One in 1918; another term, more applicable to the rest of the Europe, is La Belle Epoque, which stretches slightly longer. … Continue reading →

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Cherry-Picking Time

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

An editor to whom I’d previously sold reprints contacted me last week about possibly contributing to a new anthology. Immediately, this made my heart sing. It sang even more when I found out I could write any subgenre of “hot … Continue reading →

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My Top 16 Romance Novels

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I’m exactly one month late posting my sixteen favorite romance novels, but, well…here they are anyway, in random order. And it was really hard and made me very sad, but I did it for you. I limited myself to books … Continue reading →

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Real People as Fiction – Linkgasm #3

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Timmi Duchamp on representing history in fiction, particularly using real historical personages in fiction. Here’s Part Two.Are novelists entitled to use real-world characters? by Guy Gavriel Kay, an essay for The Guardian that’s linked from the above post. This also … Continue reading →

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Time Well Bent – ed. Connie Wilkins

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I don’t have a story in this anthology, but a friend of mine edited it and others wrote stories for it, and I’m really looking forward to reading it! Time Well Bent: Queer Alternative Historiesed. by Connie Wilkins We have … Continue reading →

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