![]() Relevance is determined by the context of your character, not just possible interest of the reader. ![]() She also includes specific sources for researching various eras/settings and discusses how to choose details from them that are relevant to your story. Along those lines, she talks about some crafty ways to bring real historical figures into your fiction in a believable way. ![]() As with fantasy, you'll need to slip the world-building in unobtrusively. You owe it to your readers to do more than simple window-dressing, but info dumps are going to kill your pacing. ![]() There's a delicate balance between authenticity and accessibility, too. It doesn't matter if a particular word or phrase was really in use - if it doesn't sound like it might have been common in the time period you're writing about, it will pull your reader out of the story. For example, she explores the balance between authenticity and believability. There is a lot of great food for thought, however, on how to approach your research for a historical novel. This was written in 2008 and quite a lot has changed since then, particularly with regard to self-publishing and self-promotion. ![]() I would also suggest skipping almost all the advice on publishing. If you're writing your first novel, I wouldn't recommend this as a resource for learning fundamentals like character development, story structure, etc. ![]()
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