The Historical Fiction Authors Cooperative, which has created HFeBooks.com, has always been committed to finding the highest quality historical fiction available in ebook form. Therefore we were not surprised––but very pleased––to announce that two of our members’ books have advanced to the Quarter Finals in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards. The two… Read More »ABNA Quarter Finalists are HFAC Members!
The Danube, Tiber, Nile, Thames, Derwent, Ganges, Hudson, Seine, Euphrates, Amazon Writing is a great river. From a dribbling source in a mountain range, some small spring that any other day may have caused a writer to shrug and turn away, drips and drips. As the drops coalesce, collapse, overcome… Read More »Writing is a Great River by Greg Johnston
While it is not necessary or always possible for authors to travel to their settings in historical fiction, I know how much a visit can enhance the realism and add perspective to any story. In writing a series set in Moorish Spain, each trip to Granada’s Alhambra has increased my… Read More »Historical Fiction: On Location by Lisa Yarde
It has been over 700 years since Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, the last Prince of Wales, was ambushed and killed on a snowy hillside near the town of Cilmeri on 11 December 1282. That date is commemorated every year in Wales as the moment when the dream of Welsh independence died.… Read More »The Significance of ‘After Cilmeri’ by Sarah Woodbury