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  1. Too Obscure?
  2. English Theatre and plays
  3. stranger than fiction
  4. Resources please.
  5. Ivory-working in the ancient world
  6. Awesome file backup option
  7. On Modern Profanity in Ancient Stories **THREAD CONTAINS PROFANITY** (duh.)
  8. Historical Tweets
  9. 1940 British Comedy Film
  10. Thread in Critical Theory
  11. ROCAMORA promotional video
  12. All Things WWII
  13. Oh no what have I done!
  14. Multi-national Pirate Crew in "Out of My Port, Frog!"
  15. Does it have to be PROBABLE, too?
  16. New Historical Fiction
  17. Newbie question: What makes something 'literary' vs. historical fiction?
  18. HNS Conference
  19. Interested in the Historical Novel Society Newsletter?
  20. Use of politically incorrect phrases
  21. my new blog
  22. Historical in incident or merely in time?
  23. Another Blog...
  24. Anybody out there writing about Victorian England?
  25. Newbie again: Is anyone else writing historical fiction on race in the U.S.?
  26. Newbie ?: The line between Fantasy and Historical Fiction
  27. How Iran and Twitter are influencing my WIP...
  28. Books with parallel historical and modern narratives?
  29. Why Literary Agents are not to keen on Historic Fiction
  30. Evita Peron
  31. Traveling in the mid 1800s
  32. BBC History Magazine published my letter
  33. Ancient world ritual cleansing and sacred sex
  34. The Jews, the Japanese and Shanghai
  35. Historical Swimming (very late 17th Century)
  36. Google Street View
  37. Marching, fighting and dying in the 19th century
  38. Novel based on Atlantis
  39. Historical Market Question
  40. Other novels written about same hist. character-- a problem?
  41. Directions London Dominion Theatre to Tavistock Arms Pub
  42. Bacon - Stupid Question
  43. Any Japanese History Experts?
  44. JSTOR: Can an independent writer gain access? Similar resources?
  45. What is "Gallia Christ"?
  46. New resource.
  47. What education for a writer of historical fiction? History? Writing?
  48. the confessional
  49. Avoiding Info-Dumps & Backstory
  50. Baby's Got a Bad Source of Period Names
  51. Looking for advice on submitting
  52. GI Talk in WWII
  53. Cursing and Swearing in Days of Yore :) (adult content, obviously)
  54. Holocaust Fiction
  55. Authors / books needed
  56. To name, or not to name? (chapters, that is)
  57. Plot conundrum
  58. Middle East Historical Fiction Role Call!
  59. Romance in a series?
  60. Living in the past: 1900 House and similar series
  61. Resource for dialect/slang
  62. Fordlandia, anyone?
  63. US Army to Air Force
  64. Arthurian Legend
  65. Do Historical and Mainstream cross over?
  66. Ye Knights of Old Annals
  67. Researching history
  68. Such a specific question - I dare you to answer it...
  69. Publisher Question
  70. Question about emigrating from 19th Century Ireland.
  71. Seven First Paragraphs
  72. Peerage and Clergy 1700s England
  73. Someone needs to write a book: The Disappeared Children of Argentina
  74. Muck, mess and bylaws.
  75. Digital Book Index -- a great history resource I didn't know about
  76. Anglo-Saxon period Small boat in a storm
  77. What questions do you try to answer about a historical world before writing?
  78. Help with Chicago in 1970's - disco clubs
  79. British library resource: 19thC newspapers
  80. British history, British agent?
  81. Flat mate
  82. Tut!
  83. Your thoughts on the F-bomb
  84. You know you're an historian when . . .
  85. questions about the 1920s
  86. History Fact: Napoleon
  87. Upcoming Contests to Consider
  88. Puzzling inconsistencies...
  89. PRESIDIO, TEXAS & VICINITY 1911 - 1914
  90. Historical Fiction
  91. If You're Into the Anglo-Saxon era . . .
  92. Short pants, knee pants/knickerbockers, long pants -- how old?
  93. Looking for sources on historical Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia culture?
  94. Broadsheets and Tabloids
  95. Expert needed - English Navy and Pirates c1700
  96. A Plot Conundrum - Long winded.
  97. Combining fiction with nonfiction
  98. Thoughts on swapping MCs at the halfway point?
  99. Finding the Story in the History
  100. Wolf Hall (by Hilary Mantel) wins the Booker Prize
  101. Information on wardship
  102. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain
  103. Marriages early 1800s England
  104. Historical question
  105. Genre confusion. Historical?Western? Mishmash?
  106. Something fun to complement your backstory...
  107. British Library Sound Archives Resource.
  108. Russian Orthodox Church documents
  109. Question: Joining Gen. Napoleon's Hussars
  110. Perhaps this is cheating...
  111. 1940's Holland
  112. The danger of a single story
  113. How to write badly well
  114. HF Market Problems
  115. Remember, Remember...
  116. Who's Hanging Who? (late 17th-early18th Century)
  117. When Does History Begin?
  118. translated primary sources
  119. Small Town, or large Village?
  120. *Lacuna* - A Review
  121. british education early 20th century
  122. I Love Lucy Question...
  123. Describing what is unique about your story.
  124. Historical Question -- 16th Century -- "Tithe-shares"
  125. What hasn't been done?
  126. Town names, then vs. now
  127. Destroying castles
  128. Is it unethical to use real historical characters as the POV characters in fiction?
  129. Fictional Story around Actual Event
  130. Usage of historical labels for races/racial mixes
  131. Handling Dialog In Historical Settings
  132. WAAAAAAAAAYY too much fun with dialects
  133. Just to Note...
  134. Quests and journeys
  135. Is anyone writing swashbucklers these days?
  136. Too much dialogue?
  137. Mummy, mother, mumma, or ma - England early 1800s
  138. Christmas Pudding Charms
  139. Historical thriller set in Revolutionary France
  140. Street food sellers England 1814
  141. Useless Resources - Has it happened to you?
  142. WPA Cemetery Records
  143. Novel Lenght
  144. Question on food etc prices and wages, Australia, mid-1970s.
  145. The Whiskey Rebels?
  146. Victorian ladies and their gloves
  147. Proper way to indicate maternal parentage?
  148. Family History stories into novels?
  149. Gun Researchers Beware: Resource is a Hack Site
  150. Massachusetts Whaling
  151. Over 5000 medieval historical novels
  152. Sexually transmitted deseases early 1800s
  153. Historical Novel reading suggestions
  154. Ordinary people in ancient Greece
  155. Helpful Free eBook Suggestions?
  156. Portraying Racial Attitudes In Historical Settings
  157. Modern preconceived notions about historical events
  158. New Subject, interesting, but don't know much about
  159. Anyone else have a history blog?
  160. Looking for Opinions (or Advice!)
  161. Medieval Measurements
  162. Serendipity in Historical Fiction?
  163. Admitting untried women into London's Newgate 1816
  164. Elizabethan Theater
  165. Decapitated Vikings
  166. Starting with a polticial event
  167. Idea for a nonfiction book
  168. How does this work for you?
  169. Ancient Rome
  170. Drunk History
  171. membre/member shift
  172. Research Skills
  173. Different Locations and writing styles in the one story
  174. Uprooting my story and plopping it in a new setting
  175. Novels Set In The Iron Age?
  176. Historical accuracy
  177. Quartering Acts of 1774
  178. 19th Century occupation for a gentleman
  179. David Starkey: 'Pretty Girl' History
  180. Pirate Vs Knight: I call BS!
  181. Are Publishers looking out for Historical Novels?
  182. The Power of the Pen/Quill
  183. Known Historical Characters - another thread....
  184. Recommendations for Fiction Set in Eastern Europe
  185. Need a Period Euphemism for...
  186. Using Maps
  187. Historical Speculative Fiction
  188. mixing Fantasy with History
  189. Wood turning and carving
  190. Merchant's illegitimate son - how does he prove his worth?
  191. How's the market these days?
  192. After Him! (RN Procedure for Blatant Desertion)
  193. I'd Like Your Opinion
  194. Parallel stories
  195. New FB Page for History Writers
  196. Historic veterinary care
  197. Call for Submissions
  198. Any suggestions on YA historical fiction
  199. Too Many?
  200. Holocaust Novel
  201. Wesbite for Songs/Movies?
  202. A hint for how to be more marketable?
  203. UK medical training in the 1940s
  204. Old Jewelry
  205. Writing Historical Fiction
  206. Medieval castle building
  207. Researching towns and cities
  208. HISTORICAL FICTION CONNECTION
  209. Historical Novels - Not Romances?
  210. Not as Boaring as you might think
  211. Non-US/Euro settings (split from Historical accuracy)
  212. Favourite era?
  213. A big Thank-you and Welcome to your new Historical Co-Mod!
  214. which genre is right for me?
  215. A quick question about an historical document
  216. Tlingit People / Alaskan Natives Research Help
  217. The Historical Novel Society
  218. Amazing film 1906
  219. Writing Legends
  220. A full request for my MS! - UPDATED
  221. Historical Word Count
  222. Is there a market for a biopic or is there no point?
  223. question about biographies
  224. Period speech
  225. Lies and Historical Fiction
  226. Medical treatments in the 1970s in the US
  227. Escaping the Salem Witch Trials
  228. Title Advice
  229. Prologue or no Prologue
  230. Children and the Truth
  231. Street Musicians c.1700
  232. HNS
  233. Anybody got a source for Migration Era hair colour?
  234. Foreword or Author's Notes?
  235. I saw this and thought of you
  236. WWII German POW Camp Question
  237. The smell of flintlocks in the morning...
  238. Controversy over Roman Gods
  239. Dilemma over what to send to agent
  240. Tudor History
  241. Resources.
  242. Who brought the war criminals to trial at Nuremberg?
  243. Current *academic* book on post Roman Britain?
  244. Playing Fast and Loose With History?
  245. Trade blockades and product bans in 1890-1910
  246. Does Anyone Else Feel Daunted?
  247. Code of Conduct in a Caribbean Tavern (Early 18th Century)
  248. A new market for Historical and Alt. History short fiction
  249. Word count for Historical novels
  250. Slavery in Colonial America