Now that you've done the work of crafting out who your characters are, how can you make them unique? Or are they unique, and if not, why or why not? We all know the standard archetypes, we've read and reread those types of characters day in and day out, and sometimes they do have a place in fiction or historical fiction. Sometimes historical romance needs the noble heroic knight to save the day, the princess in the tower, or the aging wise sage, or the comic relief sidekick w

Book Blurb: Coming soon! Book Buy Link: Coming soon! Release date October 15, 2022 Author Bio: When she is not writing in her studio by the sea, Joan Bouza Koster lives with her historian husband and a coon cat named Cleo in an 1860s farmhouse stacked to the ceiling with books. In a life full of adventures, she has scaled mountains, chased sheep, and been abandoned on a island for longer than she wants to remember. An award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction works in th

Book Title: The Old Dragon’s Head Author: Justin Newland Publication Date: 28th November 2018 Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd. Page Length: 257 pages Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural Thriller, Speculative Fiction Blurb: The Great Wall of China may be constructed of stone and packed earth, but it is home to a supernatural beast – the Old Dragon. Both wall and dragon protect China’s northern borders from Mongol incursion. Just beyond the fortress of Shanhaig