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  • American Historical Novels June Spotlight: Piper Huguley

    PIPER G. HUGULEY makes her historical fiction debut in June 2022 with the publication of By Her Own Design: a novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register (William Morrow Publishing), who was the Black fashion designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress. She is also the author of Sweet Tea by Hallmark Publishing and the author […]

  • Interview with Camille di Miao

    Hi, Camille! Thanks so much for agreeing to be our March 2022 Author Spotlight. I know you a little bit because for a while we shared the same publisher. But can you tell our readers about yourself generally? Hi! Thank you for having me. I live in coastal Virginia after having lived in San Antonio, San […]

  • Lessons from the Literary Trenches: My research Process

    What is Your Research Process? Hello, all! It is my hope that these images will help you picture my process in gathering facts for my novels. In brief, here are my steps: 1) Select the time and place of my novel. 2a) Begin to research the time and place – broadly at first, reading biographies, […]

  • Lessons from the Literary Trenches: My Research Process

    The material in this post originally appeared in my panel discussion for the 2021 Historical Novel Society Conference, Fact in Fiction: Bringing Long-Lost World to Life. It is my hope that these images will help you picture my process in gathering facts for my novels. In brief, here are my steps: 1) Select the time […]

  • Lessons from the Literary Trenches: Working through Criticism

    Lessons from the Trenches: Working through Criticism Accepting and then working through criticism of a manuscript is one of the hardest things we do as writers. I have gotten better at it over the years, but it still smarts—especially when I’ve already revised something many times and think it’s “done.” What you do with criticism, […]