Comments on: How to Combine Myth with History to Create Historical Fantasy https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/04/how-to-combine-myth-with-history-to-create-historical-fantasy/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:26:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Noelle A. Granger https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/04/how-to-combine-myth-with-history-to-create-historical-fantasy/#comment-770934 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:26:34 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=54608#comment-770934 Learn something new every day, Colleen. Thanks for the post! I am finishing a historical novella that tries to dispel a myth!

]]> By: Colleen https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/04/how-to-combine-myth-with-history-to-create-historical-fantasy/#comment-770669 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 16:00:31 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=54608#comment-770669 In reply to V.M. Sang.

Wow, three already! That’s obviously a combination that’s working for you. Sounds fun! Thank you. :O)

]]> By: V.M. Sang https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/04/how-to-combine-myth-with-history-to-create-historical-fantasy/#comment-770662 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 10:08:37 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=54608#comment-770662 I’m currently exploring fairy tales and relocating them. I’ve completed two. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, in Victorian England, and Snow White in modern times. I’m partway through Beauty and the Beast in the 1950s.
I love the idea of using Greek myths. Your series about King Midas sounds great.

]]> By: Colleen https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/04/how-to-combine-myth-with-history-to-create-historical-fantasy/#comment-770657 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 05:36:48 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=54608#comment-770657 In reply to K.M. Carroll.

That sounds like a lot of fun, K.M.! I’m wondering where you got the idea for that one? “Fun” is the word when it comes to fleshing those types of stories out. I sure have enjoyed it. Thanks for reading!

]]> By: Colleen https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/04/how-to-combine-myth-with-history-to-create-historical-fantasy/#comment-770656 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 05:35:24 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=54608#comment-770656 In reply to Raymond Walker.

Oh very interesting, Raymond! Yes it does seem that is the way they created those myths. Thank you!

]]> By: K.M. Carroll https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/04/how-to-combine-myth-with-history-to-create-historical-fantasy/#comment-770653 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 02:25:45 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=54608#comment-770653 Oooh, this was fascinating! I am heavily tempted to grab your book now, just to see how you handled it. I did something kind of similar with my book Blade and Staff For Hire, where a Mongolian-inspired warrior comes hiking into fantasy Medieval Spain in search of a wife he saw in a vision, and winds up helping Ferdinand get elected king. (Did you know Ferdinand of Spain had to win an election?? Reading about it was a hoot!) I had so much fun with it, and I can’t wait to play with that time period some more and see what other fantastic elements I can draw out of it.

]]> By: Raymond Walker https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/04/how-to-combine-myth-with-history-to-create-historical-fantasy/#comment-770640 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:34:19 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=54608#comment-770640 Looks and sounds good. I may well order it. Lol- I remember finding out that Theseus, he of the labyrinth, married an amazon etc. was a real person not a myth. Greek mythos is always combined with humanity and reality I found over the years. Best of luck with the book. It sounds wonderful.

]]> By: Colleen https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/04/how-to-combine-myth-with-history-to-create-historical-fantasy/#comment-770639 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:10:14 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=54608#comment-770639 In reply to Judy Kentrus.

Oh that sounds intriguing, Judy! :O)

]]> By: Colleen https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/04/how-to-combine-myth-with-history-to-create-historical-fantasy/#comment-770638 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:09:42 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=54608#comment-770638 In reply to BECCA PUGLISI.

Oh good point, Becca. I might have done that too, but the timing was perfect–I was ready to embark on my next book. Plus the friend is a fellow creative–a music composer whom I respect. Somehow it all came together to make the idea seem intriguing to me. I’m really glad now!

]]> By: Colleen https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/04/how-to-combine-myth-with-history-to-create-historical-fantasy/#comment-770637 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:07:14 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=54608#comment-770637 In reply to ANGELA ACKERMAN.

Yes! It is like that, Angela. As a die-hard pantser, having the real history to pull from helped the story flow a little more easily. I finished the initial draft for both the first and second books faster than usual. Which of course for me, means “a little less slowly!”

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/04/how-to-combine-myth-with-history-to-create-historical-fantasy/#comment-770634 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:14:27 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=54608#comment-770634 I love how stories come about. To me, this is such a fascinating window into the imagination. Blending fantasy and reality is also, to me, like getting the best of both worlds. You get the authenticity by adding elements of the real world and real story players, but you also get to pick and choose what elements to use and can be as imaginative as you like for the rest. 🙂

]]> By: BECCA PUGLISI https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/04/how-to-combine-myth-with-history-to-create-historical-fantasy/#comment-770629 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:37:26 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=54608#comment-770629 I love that a simple question from a friend led to multiple books and a whole new path for you. Good for you, for not dismissing it outright. We do too much of that as writers: It’s not my genre/process/passion.

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