My friend Sheila Bali wrote an essay in Captivate Audiences To Create Loyal Fans titled, “How History Leads to Historical Fiction.” She is working on Swans and Cranes about a woman who travels to her homeland to revisit scenes of her lost youth cut short by the harrowing 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Bali states, “But I […]
3 Days 3 Quotes Challenge — Day 2
Here it is Day 2 of the 3 Days 3 Quotes Challenge. Thanks again to Erika Kind from https://erikakind.wordpress.com for the invitation to participate. My quote: “The historical novelist gleans the rubble of the past, tastes the grit, extracts the jewels.” Sheila Bali wrote it in her blog post titled “How History Leads to Historic […]
British Revolutions: Kings, Queens, and Knaves
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Berkeley, California, offers a great course on “British Revolutions: Kings, Queens, and Knaves” taught by Bruce Elliott. The link below shows a video of Elliott speaking about the class that’s held on Tuesdays from January 27th to March 3rd. In this session, he will be covering the periods from Renaissance […]
Musings on History and Historical Fiction
Excellent post that includes quotes from our Sheila Bali! Musings on History and Historical Fiction.