Where Historical Fiction Comes From
This is a flânerie across dozens of research topics, and the process of writing historical fiction. A colleague said to me, of historical fiction writers, “We owe allegiance to the truth, not the facts.” It’s history, but it’s not. We bend the facts, when necessary, to fit the greater truth. But you’d better have your facts straight. I like to share the research and discoveries as they happen, so you can see how a story is born.
◊ Plus Ça Change – on the making of Laveaux: Mother
◊ In the Flow of Time – on the making of Laveaux: Dancer
◊ Enlightenment Guaranteed – on the novels of the French enlightenment
