Other than checking each website, or reading who published other historical books, is there a resource that outlines agents/editors interested in historical fiction?
R. Lille
1 year ago
Hello! Curious to know your tips on how to strike a balance between the historical details and developments of your setting / world, and plot.
Elissa
1 year ago
I keep hearing from Agents that YA Historical is a ‘hard sell’. Do you intend to keep writing Historical, or are you considering switching to a different sub genre.
Sasha Nanua
Editor
1 year ago
How much research do you do before starting your novel?
Sally
1 year ago
I am writing a YA novel taking place in Munich, Germany during the years 1943-1947. One of the many problems I face is using modern-day language that would appeal to teens but sounds unauthentic during that time period. Any suggestions?
Mindy
1 year ago
How do you avoid or fix info dumps?
Ilona Bray
1 year ago
How much fact checking about historical detail can we expect from editors? I’m writing about a part of the world that’s both obscure and whose language I don’t speak. (Lithuania, where my mother is from; so I at least have an eyewitness!)
Elissa
1 year ago
Adult Historical readers are famously picky about details. Do you think YA readers are a little more forgiving of bending some historical details when it makes the story better?
Sally
1 year ago
Historical fiction is important because history has a way of repeating itself.
JeSuisAmanda
1 year ago
Hi! Sherri mentioned keeping a list of book/character timeline and real world timeline. Which is amazing and I will try this from now.
What do you all find is the best way to keep track of your “fictional world” versus the “real world?”
I have a hard time in my world building keeping track of where characters are at any given time and how they relate to what is going on in my fictional world, as well as what was going in the real world.
Have you had any fans of your writing point out inaccuracies? How do you handle those situations?
Sally
1 year ago
May I ask this question again? I am writing a YA novel taking place in Munich, Germany during the years 1943-1947. One of the many problems I face is using modern-day language that would appeal to teens but sounds unauthentic during that time period. Any suggestions?
Mindy
1 year ago
How do you find the vernacular of a time period/country/culture that doesn’t have a lot of available info.?
Other than checking each website, or reading who published other historical books, is there a resource that outlines agents/editors interested in historical fiction?
Hello! Curious to know your tips on how to strike a balance between the historical details and developments of your setting / world, and plot.
I keep hearing from Agents that YA Historical is a ‘hard sell’. Do you intend to keep writing Historical, or are you considering switching to a different sub genre.
How much research do you do before starting your novel?
I am writing a YA novel taking place in Munich, Germany during the years 1943-1947. One of the many problems I face is using modern-day language that would appeal to teens but sounds unauthentic during that time period. Any suggestions?
How do you avoid or fix info dumps?
How much fact checking about historical detail can we expect from editors? I’m writing about a part of the world that’s both obscure and whose language I don’t speak. (Lithuania, where my mother is from; so I at least have an eyewitness!)
Adult Historical readers are famously picky about details. Do you think YA readers are a little more forgiving of bending some historical details when it makes the story better?
Historical fiction is important because history has a way of repeating itself.
Hi! Sherri mentioned keeping a list of book/character timeline and real world timeline. Which is amazing and I will try this from now.
What do you all find is the best way to keep track of your “fictional world” versus the “real world?”
I have a hard time in my world building keeping track of where characters are at any given time and how they relate to what is going on in my fictional world, as well as what was going in the real world.
Have you had any fans of your writing point out inaccuracies? How do you handle those situations?
May I ask this question again? I am writing a YA novel taking place in Munich, Germany during the years 1943-1947. One of the many problems I face is using modern-day language that would appeal to teens but sounds unauthentic during that time period. Any suggestions?
How do you find the vernacular of a time period/country/culture that doesn’t have a lot of available info.?
Great info. Thank you all!