One contemporary novel sits beside the cache of historical novels I’ve written. [...] History is the spine of historical novels. The flesh and blood that feeds that spine are the characters and plot and conflicts and themes that move the story forward. I felt like a bird without wings writing a contemporary novel despite what I hoped were strong characters, a good plot, etc. But something felt missing, almost artificial in the writing because the sense of history wasn’t there. I missed it terribly and I suspect my readers more familiar with my historical writings, did too.
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New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 historical novels, Jane Kirkpatrick, at http://writinghistoricalnovels.com/2013/01/21/historical-novels-versus-contemporary-novels-some-lessons-learned-by-jane-kirkpatrick
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