historical fiction Archives - Sacha Black https://sachablack.co.uk/tag/historical-fiction/ Books, Business and Bad Words Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:07:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://sachablack.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-logo-solo-colour-copy-scaled-1-32x32.jpg historical fiction Archives - Sacha Black https://sachablack.co.uk/tag/historical-fiction/ 32 32 288 Writing Historical Fantasy with Nicole Glover https://sachablack.co.uk/2025/04/02/288-writing-historical-fantasy-with-nicole-glover/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=288-writing-historical-fantasy-with-nicole-glover https://sachablack.co.uk/2025/04/02/288-writing-historical-fantasy-with-nicole-glover/#respond Wed, 02 Apr 2025 05:00:13 +0000 https://sachablack.co.uk/?p=12669 Hello Rebels, welcome to episode 288 of The Rebel Author Podcast. Today, I’m talking to Nicole Glover all about writing historical fantasy. In this episode we cover:  The research process for historical fantasy Balancing historical accuracy and fantasy elements Crafting period-appropriate dialogue Writing series versus standalones Marketing historical fantasy books Find out more about Nicole: […]

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]]> Hello Rebels, welcome to episode 288 of The Rebel Author Podcast. Today, I’m talking to Nicole Glover all about writing historical fantasy.

In this episode we cover: 

  • The research process for historical fantasy
  • Balancing historical accuracy and fantasy elements
  • Crafting period-appropriate dialogue
  • Writing series versus standalones
  • Marketing historical fantasy books

Find out more about Nicole:

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Instagram @authornicoleglover

Bluesky @nicoleglover.bsky.social

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Rebel of the Week is: Julie
If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com

1 new patron this week, welcome and thank you to Anna Trolson. A big thank you to my existing patrons. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

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]]> https://sachablack.co.uk/2025/04/02/288-writing-historical-fantasy-with-nicole-glover/feed/ 0 240 How to Write Historical Romance with Bianca Blythe https://sachablack.co.uk/2024/05/01/240-how-to-write-historical-romance-with-bianca-blythe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=240-how-to-write-historical-romance-with-bianca-blythe https://sachablack.co.uk/2024/05/01/240-how-to-write-historical-romance-with-bianca-blythe/#respond Wed, 01 May 2024 05:00:36 +0000 https://sachablack.co.uk/?p=12302 Hello Rebels, welcome to episode 240 of The Rebel Author Podcast. Today, I’m talking to Bianca Blythe all about writing historical romance. In this episode we cover:  The fundamentals of historical romance Balancing historical accuracy with creative storytelling Creating historical authenticity in your work Main tropes in historical fiction Handling sensitive topics within historical contexts […]

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]]> Hello Rebels, welcome to episode 240 of The Rebel Author Podcast. Today, I’m talking to Bianca Blythe all about writing historical romance.

In this episode we cover: 

  • The fundamentals of historical romance
  • Balancing historical accuracy with creative storytelling
  • Creating historical authenticity in your work
  • Main tropes in historical fiction
  • Handling sensitive topics within historical contexts

Find out more about Bianca:

Author Website

Rebel of the Week is: Josh Gentry

If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com

No new patrons this week, but a big thank you to my existing patrons. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

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]]> https://sachablack.co.uk/2024/05/01/240-how-to-write-historical-romance-with-bianca-blythe/feed/ 0 157 How to Write Historical Fiction with Kim Taylor Blakemore https://sachablack.co.uk/2022/09/28/157-how-to-write-historical-fiction-with-kim-taylor-blakemore/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=157-how-to-write-historical-fiction-with-kim-taylor-blakemore https://sachablack.co.uk/2022/09/28/157-how-to-write-historical-fiction-with-kim-taylor-blakemore/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2022 04:00:11 +0000 https://sachablack.co.uk/?p=11561 On episode 157 of The Rebel Author Podcast, Sacha is talking to Kim Taylor Blakemore all about how to write Historical Fiction.

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]]> Hello Rebels, welcome to episode 157 of The Rebel Author Podcast. Today, I’m talking to Kim Taylor Blakemore all about how to write Historical Fiction.

In this episode we cover: 

  • What makes a historical novel
  • Craft tips for historical novels
  • Research tips for historical novels
  • Writing about real historical people
  • The line between fantasy and historical

This week’s question is: what’s the best TV show or movie you’ve seen this year?

Recommendation of the week is: Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim S Grover

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Find out more about Kim at:

Author Website

Instagram: @kimtaylorblakemorebooks

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Rebel of the Week is: Sorcha Brennan

If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com

No new patrons this week, but a big thank you to my existing patrons. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

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