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#HistFicThursdays - Dice Games Every week we settle down for a family games night. This week was a game called £GREED , which is a variation on the long established dice ...

4 weeks ago

What do we pin on the roll of a dice?
Have a read through today's #HistFicThursdays blog to discover the timeless appeal of dice games...
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#HistoricalFiction #History #HistoryBlog

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#HistFicThursdays - Quetzalcoatl by Ian Hunter - Author Inverview Today's #HistFicThursdays blog is an exciting interview with Ian Hunter , as part of his Yarde Book Promotion tour! Read on to find o...

1 month ago

Ready to meet your next #HistoricalFiction adventure? Head over to the #BookBlog for today's #HistFicThursdays post. It's a brilliant #AuthorInterview with Ian Hunter about his book, Quetzalcoatl.
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#BookSky #HistoricalFantasy #BlogTour #YardeBookPromotions

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#HistFicThursdays - Circus Bim Bom by Cliff Lovette - Author Interview Today's #HistFicThursdays blog is a fantastic interview with Cliff Lovette , as part of his Yarde Book Promotion tour! Read on to find ...

1 month ago

It's #HistFicThursdays!
Over on the Crowvus blog, we're delighted to be sharing an Author Interview with Cliff Lovette about his exciting book "Circus Bim Bom". Head over and discover your next great read!
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#HistoricalFiction #BookSky #AuthorInterview

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#HistFicThursdays - Medical History (specifically thyroids!) This week has been a mad one. Close to the start of the Christmas period, we found out that Mum would be having a thyroidectomy on Candlema...

2 months ago

#ICYMI

Yesterday's #HistFicThursdays blog was a medical one. You can read it here:
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#HistoricalFiction #Research #RabbitHoles #WritingCommunity

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#HistFicThursdays - Medical History (specifically thyroids!) This week has been a mad one. Close to the start of the Christmas period, we found out that Mum would be having a thyroidectomy on Candlema...

2 months ago

Here's my latest #HistFicThursdays blog. All about thyroids!

A brief medical history with a couple of disturbing discoveries, and a lot more interesting than you'd expect!!!

#HistoricalFiction #MedicalHistory #Medicine #Research
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#HistFicThursdays - Transforming a Room into Yesteryear There are so many things we have today which were almost beyond imagination in the past. This has been particularly brought home to me this ...

2 months ago

Better late than never, right?

Here's today's #HistFicThursdays blog which explores how a living room might have been in an earlier time:
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#HistoricalFiction #WritingCommunity #Caithness #Scotland

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2 months ago

Sorry for our absence over the last few days. The crazy weather lost us our internet 💨

We're back now, the #HistFicThursdays blog will be up soon, and we're keen to remind writers that submissions are still open for Hooded: opportunities.creativescotland.com/opportunity/...
Here there be dragons...

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#HistFicThursdays - Therein Lies the Pearl by Catherine Hughes - Book Excerpt It is always great to host fellow historical fiction authors on the blog, but I'm doubly excited to introduce you to today's #HistFicThursd...

2 months ago

The #HistFicThursdays blog is sharing an excerpt of Catherine Hughes' fantastic new book, Therein Lies the Pearl.

Read on to discover your next great #HistoricalFiction novel:
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#EarlyMedieval #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub

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#HistFicThursdays - Historical Fiction on Your Doorstep Today's blog is a bit of a challenge... Next week, there is an exhibition in Thurso Art Gallery (it's the back room of the library, for any...

3 months ago

Have you read any historical fiction books set close to where you live? How far do you have to go to find your local historical fiction setting?
Today's #HistFicThursdays blog post is about #HistoricalFiction on your doorstep.

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#LocalArea #BookSky

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#HistFicThursdays - New Year's Resolutions Happy New Year, Readers! New Year (only last week) seems like an eternity ago. The reason being that we have been snowed in for almost ever...

3 months ago

Happy New Year to all my #HistFicThursdays readers!
Here are a few 2026 wishes. I don't think I'll get them all done... We can but hope!
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#HistoricalFiction #NewYearResolutions

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#HistFicThursdays - Inspirational Series - The Box of Delights Kay Harker and Cole Hawlings Picture accessed via BBC There are few things more Christmassy than the opening few bars of the theme tune to ...

3 months ago

It's the last #HistFicThursdays blog in the Inspirational Series and it is about the wonderful masterpiece that is #TheBoxOfDelights. Read on to discover @jayzedkay.bsky.social's thoughts on this #HistoricalFiction gem, and why it only gets better:
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#HistFicThursdays - Hiding the Flame by Angela Sims - Book Review One of the best things about the Historical Fiction community is that it is a community. Through it, I've discovered some fantastic author...

4 months ago

#ICYMI
Yesterday's #HistFicThursdays blog was a #BookReview of the fabulous new book, Hiding the Flame, and here it is: crowvusbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/hist...

#HistoricalFiction #NewRelease #HistoricalRomance

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#HistFicThursdays - Writing Craft: Your Own Way or the Highway After the loss of NaNoWriMo, it did not take the Crowvus writers long to realise how much we relied on this structured routine for our writ...

4 months ago

Your Writing : Your Rules

Today's #HistFicThursdays blog is on #WritingCraft: crowvusbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/hist...

#HistoricalFiction #Writing #WritingTips #BookSky #AmWriting

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#HistFicThursdays - Inspirational Series - Downton Abbey This blog contains spoilers! Downton Abbey spawned such a high degree of loving obsession from people around the world that it would seem wr...

4 months ago

Today's #HistFicThursdays blog is up!

This week, @jayzedkay.bsky.social discusses the appeal of Downton Abbey... Gritty historical drama, or delightful fluff?

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#DowntonAbbey #HistoricalFiction #HistFic

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#HistFicThursdays - Ravenscourt by Samantha Ward-Smith - Guest Post For today's #HistFicThursdays blog, I am thrilled to be welcoming Samantha Ward-Smith to the blog with a guest post about her latest boo...

5 months ago

And it's great to welcome a #HistFicMay author to the #HistFicThursdays blog!

Discover how #Gothic literature inspired @samwardsmithwriter.bsky.social's gripping new book:
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#GothicRomance #HistoricalFiction #HistoricalRomance #TheCoffeePotBookClub

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#HistFicThursdays - A Virtuoso in America: Adrian by Fred Raymond Goldman - Book Excerpt Today for #HistFicThursdays, I am so pleased to be hosting Fred Raymond Goldman with his latest book, A Virtuoso in America , as part of...

5 months ago

Today the #HistFicThursdays blog is seeing double!
First up, head over to read a fabulous excerpt from Fred Raymond Goldman... Perfect for lovers of #WWII #HistoricalFiction!

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Discover your next great read!

#Holocaust #JewishFiction #TheCoffeePotBookClub

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#HistFicThursdays - Inspirational Series - Ghosts My brief for this blog was to make it spooky - it being nearly Halloween. I then trawled the internet for the best historical spooky tv ser...

5 months ago

We all love it, don't we?
This week's #HistFicThursdays post is about #Ghosts. October's #InspirationalSeries blog from @jayzedkay.bsky.social considers what the programme means to her as an author and a viewer.
#HistoricalFiction #Halloween

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#HistFicThursdays - Mistress of Dartington Hall by Rosemary Griggs - Guest Post For today's #HistFicThursdays blog, I am thrilled to be welcoming Rosemary Griggs to the blog with a guest post about her latest book Mis...

5 months ago

Today's #HistFicThursdays post is from @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social about writing a strong female character in a time often seen as a man's world.

Discover your next great adventure...
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#Elizabethan #HistoricalFiction #TheCoffeePotBookClub #WomenInHistory

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#HistFicThursdays - Cobblestones - S. R. Perricone - Book Excerpt Today for #HistFicThursdays, I am delighted to once again be teaming up with The Coffee Pot Book Club , this time to share an excerpt fr...

6 months ago

This week's #HistFicThursdays blog is a #BookExcerpt from Cobblestones - S. R. Perricone's new book.
Click through to discover your next fabulous adventure:
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#HistoricalFiction #NewOrleans #TrueEvents #TheCoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour

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#HistFicThursdays - Inspirational Series - Blackadder It's always easy when imagining history to assume that people spoke and acted differently from the way they do now. And, of course, that's ...

6 months ago

Today's #HistFicThursdays blog is up and it is all about... well, the picture says it all, really!
Read on for Judith's thoughts on Blackadder, why it's still relevant, and what made it such a fabulous series.
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#HistoricalFiction #Inspiration #Blackadder

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#HistFicThursdays - Writing a Series I started writing my first book when I was still at school. It wasn't historical fiction, it was high fantasy, and it was the first of ten b...

7 months ago

Just a few thoughts about writing a series for today's #HistFicThursdays blog.

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#HistoricalFiction #HistoricalFantasy #WritingTips #AmWriting
[Image: The Watcher's Heir - @alexandermcrow.substack.com in his youthful days!]

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#HistFicThursdays - Gothic Horror - Ay Atomics I once answered a call for submissions based on ghost stories of my local area. Now, the funny thing with Caithness is: most people seem to...

7 months ago

Today's #HistFicThursdays blog comes from @jayzedkay.bsky.social as she explores the appeal and inspiration to be found in the local area as part of her upcoming Gothic Horror anthology.

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#ComingSoon #Caithness #GothicHorror

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#HistFicThursdays - Inspirational Series - Merlin I remember when I was little, watching a Making Of documentary about Robin of Sherwood . One of the points which the writer made was that e...

8 months ago

Today's #HistFicThursdays blog is here! Read all about evolving mythology in the fabulous series "Merlin", and how she drew inspiration from it...
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#HistoricalFiction #Merlin

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#HistFicThursdays - Caledon - Book Trailer Today, I am so excited to share my new series trailer for Caledon . As many of you know, as well as Historical Fiction, I am also a massive ...

9 months ago

It's #HistFicThursdays and today's blog is my super exciting and fabulously awesome new series trailer for Caledon! Best enjoyed with the sound turned up high 😉

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#HistoricalFantasy #HistoricalFiction #SFF #BookTrailer

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#HistFicThursdays - A Significant Day For A Significant Age I don't write many older characters. I suppose age - as with most things - is relative in fiction. When I began writing The Watcher's Heir ...

9 months ago

So, this day finally arrived 🤭
Here's today's #HistFicThursdays on older characters and why I'll be writing and editing a few more of them into my books from hereon!!!
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#HistoricalFiction #HistFic #BookBlog #SpecialDay

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#HistFicThursdays - The Standing Stone on the Moor by Allie Cresswell - Guest Post For today's #HistFicThursdays blog, I am delighted to be welcoming Allie Cresswell to the blog with a guest post about her brand new book ...

9 months ago

Today's #HistFicThursdays blog is a fabulous #GuestPost from Allie Cresswell. Read on to learn more about the historical setting and discover your next great read...
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#BlogTour #HistoricalFiction #HistoricalRomance #TheCoffeePotBookClub #Yorkshire

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#HistFicThursdays - Nero and Sporus by SP Somtow - Book Excerpt Today for #HistFicThursdays, I am delighted to once again be teaming up with The Coffee Pot Book Club , this time to share an excerpt from...

9 months ago

Today's #HistFicThursdays post is a fabulous excerpt! Head over to get a taste for "Nero and Sporus" by SP. Somtow
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#AncientRome #BlogTour #HistFicThursdays #HistoricalFiction #LGBTQFiction #TheCoffeePotBookClub

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#HistFicThursdays - Gothic Horror - The Curse of Heatherwell House The Curse of Heatherwell House (Working Title) came from a slightly different place than many of the other stories in this collection. Whe...

10 months ago

Today's #HistFicThursdays blog is one from @jayzedkay.bsky.social as she explores the inspiration behind another of her #GothicHorror short stories:
The Curse of Heatherwell House
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