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TL Clark is an award-winning, best-selling, British, romance author who stumbles through life as if it were a gauntlet of catastrophes.
Rather than playing the victim, she uses these unfortunate events to fuel her passion for writing, for reaching out to help others.
She writes about different kinds of love in the hope that she‘ll uncover its mysteries.
Her loving husband (and mourned for cat) have proven to her that true love really does exist.
Writing has shown her that coffee may well be the source of life.
Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
In How to Write a Historical Novel and Love It: A Beginner’s Guide to Researching, Writing and Publishing a Historical Book, TL Clark asserts: “There is no one way to write a book.” True words, but it’s always helpful to learn what others have done to make their book come to life. Research may well be the key to a successful historical novel, but writers need to look deeper than just the facts. All writers must answer those timeless questions: “who, what, why, where when.” Often these questions demand more questions and more answers and the cycle continues. Writers must be specific in their choice of era, remembering that what is relevant today will change tomorrow. Among the historical facts and events, there are natural disasters to consider. Remember Dorothy? Without the tornado that destroyed her home, her story would have been quite different.
How to Write a Historical Novel and Love It by TL Clark is a thorough and sensible guide to writing historical novels. It doesn’t include everything and it only presents one author’s perspective, but it’s a great starting point. With the author’s characteristic tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, the read is entertaining and fun, as well as inspirational and goal-setting. Readers will be led through the quagmire of questions that plague us all, but it’s the “why” section that ultimately demands a self-assessment of you, the writer, as to why are you writing at all. If you can’t answer that, then perhaps writing is not something you are meant to do. With references and publishing guidelines, this is a great tool to help both beginner and established historical writers.
