June 2013
218 posts
reference for writers: Character Agency →
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One of the most basic and fundamental aspects of writing a character is making them feel like a person, and not simply a collection of traits. The most direct way to accomplish this is to get into their mindset and have them make decisions that make sense for their personalities….
Writers Club: History (etc) Blogs →
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Anonymous asked: I noticed on the blogs you followed there was ancientpeoples, offers information from Ancient History (3000 BC - AD 500). Most history blogs I’ve found either focus on Ancient History or Modern History (AD 1500 - present), which leaves the period between the fall of the Roman empire and the rise of the Renaissance without much of anything. Do you know of any blogs that covers the Dark Ages (Not necessarily exclusively in Europe)? Thanks!
Here are the fantastic history, art history, and general education blogs we follow:
Though many other blogs post information on Medieval history among other things, here are two blogs dedicated to Medieval history:
And here, in no particular order, are a few other great resources for history, vintage, and art history:
- historical-hatred
- asianhistory
- foundingfatherfest
- pbsamericanmasters
- turnofthecentury
- nwkarchivist
- fuckyeahcharlesthesecond
- life
- the-seed-of-europe
- tuesday-johnson
- ancientfaces
- www.obitoftheday
- laphamsquarterly
- blog.vintascope
- non-westernhistoricalfashion
- diasporicroots
- ransomcenter
- arthistorycq
- questionableadvice
- blackinhistory
- greatestgeneration
- archaeologicalnews
- www.bythegods.net/
- madhistory
- historiful
- archaeology
- framingcanada
- lostsplendor
- theancientworld
- fuckyeahsovietrussia
- my18thcenturysource
- thecivilwarparlor
- coolchicksfromhistory
- theniftyfifties
- artofjews
- fylatinamericanhistory
- unhistorical
- centuriespast
- todayinhistory
- todaysdocument
- allmesopotamia
- navyhistory
- oupacademic
- curioushistory
- frenchhistory
- thecultofgenius
- thestuartkings
- timelightbox
- fuckyeahhistorycrushes
- themodernhistory
- nypl
- historyofeurope
- art-of-swords
- ourpresidents
- 18thcenturyhistory
- collectivehistory
- historicity-was-already-taken
- archaeology
- asianhistory
- british-history
- fyeah-history
- jothelibrarian
- fashionsfromhistory
Thank you for your question! If you have further questions or a comment to add, hit us up!
-C
