| Description |
249 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Preface: Once upon a time it was now -- In the river of time -- History: a distillation of rumor -- A catalytic remark -- Modifying the truth -- Searching and researching -- Old stuff in a new package: history in the computer age -- Genealogy is like the potato -- Taming your research data -- It was a dark and storm night -- Ain't like it used to was -- Songs, smells, and sensations -- Catching the historians -- How much credibility? -- What's then got to do with now? -- How not to write historical fiction -- Around the fire. |
| Summary |
Thom gives you the tools you need to research and create stories born from the past that will move and inspire modern readers. |
| Subject |
Historical fiction -- Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| ISBN |
9781582975696 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1582975698 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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