Guest Post: Iain Martin - Discover Your Setting: The Gems of Historical Research

“An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place.”
― Tony Hillerman

“Description is what makes the reader a sensory participant in the story. Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a lot."
― Stephen King,On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

If you’re interested in writing historical fiction one of the best ways to research the setting is to investigate the memoirs and accounts...