Hi Everyone! Release day for Easter Promises is here! I'd like to thank my fabulous co-authors Sarah Fiddelaers, Ava January and Clare Griffin for being great collaborators. I'd also like to thank Kerry Wagoner and Lou Greene for editing/beta'ing and to the amazing Jayne Kingsley who helped out with questions and guided us newbies through …
Author: nmcunningham
I am an author and research scientist in entomology. I love historical and romantic fiction, especially stories set in Australia.
Writing Historical Fiction
One of my favourite things about writing is the research needed to write a factually correct story. This is especially the case when writing historical fiction. When I read historical fiction, I am often thrown out of a story if the fact presented doesn't feel quite right. Same goes for anachronistic language (language out of …
AND HERE SHE IS!
https://videopress.com/v/0YGVZQ2r?preloadContent=metadata Finally I can reveal what I and three other fabulous writers Clare Griffin Writer, Ava January and Sarah Fiddelaers have been working on these past two months! An Historical Anthology with stories set 1912-1942! Preorders are available now at https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0843DZHWM/ref=mp_s_a_1_2… (available as ebook and paper back)
EASTER PROMISES – historical anthology
Last year I connected with three amazing writers Ava January, Sarah Fiddelaers and Clare Griffin all interested in writing modern historical fiction (roughly early 20th Century). I am pleased to announce we'll be bringing out a short historical fiction anthology for Easter! More news to follow shortly! Four remarkable women, four unforgettable stories EASTER PROMISES, …
Some exciting writerly news for 2020!
I hope everyone has had a restful (and fun!) festive season! Welcome to 2020! It's been a sad start to the year with all the people affected by fire around the country. My thoughts are with everyone struggling both with the reality and the news of it. It's hard not to feel helpless but seeing …
2019 wrap up!
Perseverance - secret of all triumphs. ~ Victor Hugo It's been quite an amazing writerly year. One I should be proud of, but as all writers are wont to do, I have downplayed my achievements. But here is a short list of things that happened of which I am most proud! A finalist in the …
And another November is over!
National Novel Writing Month is over for another year. This year I became a 'Nano rebel' - choosing to review and edit a previous novel. I think I made some significant improvement to the story and managed to edit 58k words - with around 40k of that being complete rewrites of scenes! Another 30k will …
The Regency Buck
I've gone a complete Regency binge of late, and having only read Georgette Heyer when I was a teenager I can't remember a hell of a lot about the stories. I do remember there were rakes and dandies and lovely fiesty heroines. In the last 6 weeks I've read: The Talisman Ring, The Grand Sophy, …
Stolen butterflies, charismatic ski-jumpers and NaNoWriMo 2019
It's that time of the year again lovelies! I'm going to be editing my novel from last year as I've had several requests for full manuscript submissions and it needs work! It's had a title change - but not much else. I had intended on writing a new manuscript - based on this chappie: Colin …
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Thursday Inspiration!
Medium articles can be a bit hit or miss for writing advice, but I saw this today and it gave me hope that - yeah - I can do this thing! 10 signs you DO have what it takes to be a writer Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
Nancy Cunningham 