Excited to have two pieces in a collection of free short stories about fresh starts and new beginnings. Mine take place in #historicalIndia but there are stories for every palette. Check it out! books.bookfunnel.com/freshstartsw...

As we head into fall, I'd like to share a short story I wrote around the villain in my WIP as she navigates the harvest festival in colonial India. It's called Boiling Point and is part of a free collection. Check it out! tinyurl.com/3dkpz5ya

#historicalfiction #shortstory #histfic #colonialindia

ooking for women's #fiction around the theme of love? Check out these authors! I have a short story in this collection around a mother's love in #colonial #India.

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Calling Bay Area writers! Coming in October, a set of team-taught craft sessions on writing stories from the past. We'll be digging in deep! #amwriting #Hisfic

Details at: store.ediecay.com/pages/histor...

With a new short story coming out, writing craft seminars I'm co-teaching, and a myth-and-legend based newsletter starting in January, I revamped my author site: www.vanithasankaran.com

And I'm offering a short story based on my Indian Gothic WIP: bookhip.com/JAJQWWH

Lots of adventures coming!

Eloise is BACK!

Join us in reading PLW's Anne Beggs's latest adventure in her Dahlquin Series....BY ARROW AND SWORD!

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The highlight of Day 2 in Italy was the Herculaneum. So much fascinating history!

First night in Naples was pizza in (reportedly) the oldest pizzeria in the world, by way of a road filled with bookshops!

Anyone have examples of adult books that use mythology or legends as a starting point instead of a true retelling?

There's a lot of talk lately about changing India's name to Bharat. While I see both sides, and I would love to not be conflated with the American "Indians," names are complicated matters. I have a lot of thoughts. A good primer on the history: www.thejuggernaut.com/how-india-go...

Like historical fiction? Check out the Paper Lantern Writer's new anthology: BENEATH A MIDWINTER MOON
With 11 historical stories connected only by the winter season!
Preorder your copy now at: amzn.to/3KKzU15 (Amazon US)

Finally saw Crimson Peak to study story beats. Loved the stylization! but ultimately it was too predictable and needlessly violent. When does a work go from being an homage to being derivative? Gorgeous setting though! https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/crimson-peak-set-design-exclusive-video