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Historicals Set Outside America
Would you buy a historical book set outside of America? What if it was a time period set before 1800? Many CBA publishers feel that there aren’t enough readers in this market to pursue publishing all the great manuscripts out there that fall into these categories. I’ve always been taught that anything marketed well, will [...]
Knowing What Time It Is
Part of marketing one’s historical novel is knowing in which time period one is writing. Editors, marketing departments, booksellers, and readers have specific ideas as to what era is called what. Briefly, the following article outlines the names of commonly recognized historical eras and their dates.
Biblical/Roman:
Anything from the first century BC and often into the [...]
Funny Thing, Research
I’ve been working on another historical novel. I had an idea I liked, so I sketched out an outline and began fleshing it out a bit until I wound up with a fairly detailed five-page plot summary. One scene required my heroine, who is of the early 18th century French nobility, to be secretive about [...]
Markets for Historical Christian Fiction
We’re going to take a look at some of the CBA publishing houses that have a strong presence in the historical fiction genre.
Bethany House pretty much created CBA historical fiction with Janette Oke and Gilbert Morris. Both of these authors started writing in the early 80’s, when Christian fiction was still in its infancy. The [...]
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