Researching Facts for Historical Fiction - (The Self Publishing Show, episode 354)
Madeline Martin has been writing various forms of historical fiction for years. Her breakout success, The Last Bookshop in London, reached the USA Today best-seller list and stayed there for five weeks. Madeline talks to James about the different kinds of historical books she writes, why research is so important, and what’s next for this prolific author. Show notes: Using a lay-off as an opportunity to write more How the historical period is a character of its own in historical fiction On historical research and the time that takes away from writing Choosing historically accurate images for covers Why some time periods are easier to write about than others Growing up in Germany and being affected by the aftermath of WWII Whether a trad deal was worth it for a best-selling book Links mentioned: SPS Live 2023 tickets on sale on NOW https://www.selfpublishingformula.com/earlybird Brand new LaunchPad waitlist link: https://selfpublishingformula.com/101-waitlist Interested in having your book put through the SPF Book Lab? Email: [email protected] with the subject heading BOOK LAB VOLUNTEER. Send us the link to your Amazon author page or to your book if you are yet to set up an author page. The criteria is that you have at least one book currently for sale on Amazon and that you are a Gold level Patreon subscriber. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfpublishingshow From selfpublishingformula.comFrom selfpublishingformula.com
Madeline Martin has been writing various forms of historical fiction for years. Her breakout success, The Last Bookshop in London, reached the USA Today best-seller list and stayed there for five weeks. Madeline talks to James about the different kinds of historical books she writes, why research is so important, and what’s next for this prolific author. Show notes: Using a lay-off as an opportunity to write more How the historical period is a character of its own in historical fiction On historical research and the time that takes away from writing Choosing historically accurate images for covers Why some time periods are easier to write about than others Growing up in Germany and being affected by the aftermath of WWII Whether a trad deal was worth it for a best-selling book Links mentioned: SPS Live 2023 tickets on sale on NOW https://www.selfpublishingformula.com/earlybird Brand new LaunchPad waitlist link: https://selfpublishingformula.com/101-waitlist Interested in having your book put through the SPF Book Lab? Email: [email protected] with the subject heading BOOK LAB VOLUNTEER. Send us the link to your Amazon author page or to your book if you are yet to set up an author page. The criteria is that you have at least one book currently for sale on Amazon and that you are a Gold level Patreon subscriber. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfpublishingshow From selfpublishingformula.comFrom selfpublishingformula.com