Category: Writing articles
Articles about writing, including writing techniques, use of English, grammar and spelling,
American civil war spy problem solved
How to use a description which might not have been in use during the period you are writing about?
Writing about horses in historical fiction
Writing historical fiction can involve taking a step back in time to an earlier age of transport, such as travelling…
The Confederate flag in book cover design
I can’t decide whether to use the American civil war era Confederate flag on the book cover for a novel…
To be or not to be pedantic
t’s easy to be concerned about people who are pedantic – who are constantly finding minor faults, when you’re writing….
Honey I shrunk the comma!
Sometimes using a comma in the wrong place can create an unintended and pretty humorous result, which is what happened…
Choosing a road name in American civil war era Virginia
Selecting a name for a road or street in Virginia during the American civil war created a pretty interesting problem….
Writing description by using an image in your word processor
This is a pretty good system for writing description if you’re trying to describe something but aren’t quite sure what…
Writing character description: introducing a character by name
This is a pretty good way of writing character description, or more specifically introducing a character by name. I call…
Writing description: the Confederate Secret Service
I’ve encountered a problem when describing the Confederate Secret Service in the American Civil War novel which I’m writing. I’m…
Writing description: Yankee or Union?
It’s interesting how description can determine what a character is like, what his attitude is, as I discovered when I…
