Category Archives: historical fiction

Evangeline Adams Guest Post – Writing African-American Romance

Posted on May 2, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Evangeline Adams! # A year ago, after thinking I would write only historical romance, that I could never, ever in my life write a contemporary romance, ideas for contemporaries popped into my head like a stack … Continue reading →

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Historical Detail in Fiction

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve been putting together my thoughts on how I include history in novels, for example the World War One detail in Moonlight Mistress. The first thing is to create a sense of normality. The characters do ordinary things in an … Continue reading →

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Synergy in Writing and Research

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

A good thing about writing several novels one after the other is that it becomes easier to notice patterns in the way one works. Some things I learned are generally applicable. For example, this time I know stretches of rough … Continue reading →

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