Yet the world your characters live in should contribute significantly to your tale, or why set it in the past at all? Certainly, plot and characters are the heart of any novel. It was enthralling and inspiring! And it drove home the point that details make all the difference when recreating history. For two days we had to wear Tudor-style clothing and use Tudor English (as much as possible!) and cook in period ovens with period equipment. How silly was that?Ī few months before moving back stateside, my children, Tom and Anne Elisabeth, and I took part in a historical-recreation field trip at Kentwell Hall, which was built during the reign of Henry VIII. Yet I labored on a novel set in 1920’s Wisconsin and published two contemporary books. When I began seriously writing fiction back in the Dark Ages of 1991, I lived in England, where I could visit ruinous castles, tour war museums, and tread the very ground on which the Battle of Hastings was fought. (Sadly, we also have access to much misinformation, so be sure to double- and triple-check your facts!) Writing books set during these fascinating time periods is more difficult for us modern authors, and yet through the Internet we have almost limitless historical information right at our fingertips. They lived in England, respectively during the Regency and Victorian periods, so they had no need to research such things as the hats they wore or the food they ate. Yet these authors really wrote contemporary novels. I do! And we are not alone in our passion for the past: Jane Austen’s novels are perennial favorites worldwide, and Elizabeth Gaskell’s have recently regained fame. I assume you must love history and historical novels, since you’re reading this article. This cover illustration was rendered by Julia Popova, “ForestGirl.Greetings, writers and lovers of historical accuracy! Do grab yourself a copy and see what these talented writers have done with the timeless “Cinderella” tale! Rooglewood Press’s first collection, Five Glass Slippers, is available for pre-order now and will be released on June 14. The contest has ended, but you can buy a copy of Five Enchanted Roses here. Perhaps your name will be one of the five displayed on this cover? Rooglewood Press will be selecting five winners to be published in the Five Enchanted Roses collection, which will be packaged up with the gorgeous cover you see displayed here. Make certain your story is recognizably “Beauty and the Beast,” but have fun with it as well. The challenge is to write a retelling of the beloved fairy tale in any genre or setting you like. Rooglewood Press is delighted to introduce their second fairy tale novella contest- Five Enchanted RosesĪ collection of “Beauty and the Beast” stories
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