Victorian American True-Life Crimes to Inspire your Muse – Jun ’23

Instructor: Beth Daniels
Registration Deadline: Jun 10, 2023
Start Date: Jun 5, 2023
End Date: Jul 2, 2023
USD Fee: $15 HHRW Members/$25 Non-Members

Do you like mixing things that actually happened with things you make up when it comes to writing a historical that incorporates mystery or crime in the story, even if the main goal was to write a historical romance?

If you answered “YES!” then this four-week workshop is exactly what you’re looking for…particularly if you plan to spin a 19th century setting story that plays out in the United States!

We’ll look at swindlers, counterfeiters, forgers and forgeries, robberies, spies, gangs, murder, serial killers, shanghaiers/crimpers, cops gone bad, and ladies who definitely aren’t ladies, like Old Mother Mandelbaum who ran a Fagin-like operation to train children as though they were in a school devoted to mastering crime from minor to major.

Let these real-life stories inspire your fictional world for events and characters whether you’re writing standalone or series historical romance, westerns, or even Weird West Steampunk.

It doesn’t matter if you’re pre-published, published, or if you’re a plotter, a pantser or a planster, when it comes to reaping ideas for historical fiction, history has already sown the seeds from which to grow wonderful ideas!