
When Viking research turns personal
From a safe distance to hands-on and real One question every author of historical fiction is asked is “How do you do your research?”, and then we most likely explain…
Viking healing taken a step further
How research into a tricky topic creates magic on the page “Healer – The Gift of Dreams” is the fifth Tale in the Tales of Freya collection of sensual short…
Expanding research horizons: Hunting Vikings!
Story finding-time … off to new (nothern) shores! It’s a given that historical fiction writers have to do their research. The writer has to be so much “into” her era…
Story first — kill your darlings!?
The thin line between accuracy and boredom To be honest with you, I never understood the often-cited dictum of “kill your darlings” in writing. Every writer has them, just like…
Publishing under pressure — Part 2: Research!
This post is about how to “do your homework” when the pressure is on, and you, let’s say, want to publish a book within, let’s say, one week (ahem), from…
On Planning and Routines – Tips for Writers
Every author will tell you that she works best with the help of certain, more or less fixed, routines. This is about actually sitting down to write, or edit, or…