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Historical Fiction Defined
I’ve been involved in a number of conversations that centered upon defining historical fiction. While there are concrete dictionary definitions of the genre, a common definition between writers remains rather elusive. I believe the correct place to start when determining such things is indeed with the dictionary definition(s) of a given word or term. Defined by dictionary.com: a novel set among actual events or a specific period of history; also called historical novel Defined by Wikipedia.org: Historical fiction is a …