I enjoy rereading historical novels by authors that are largely forgotten today. Here I am relaxing at home with a copy of Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger. I wrote about Shellabarger and Rafael Sabatini, two of my favorite forgotten authors, in my recent contribution to the blog Mad About MG History. You can read it here: http://madaboutmghistory.blogspot.com/
My writing of The Iron Horse Chronicles owes a lot to earlier historical novels that are seldom read now. I study current western and historical authors to keep abreast of trends in writing. For example, over the years, the use of point of view has changed significantly. I continue to enjoy the great stories told by the old masters, such as James Fenimore Cooper and Alexandre Dumas, even though their style is more flowery and ponderous than today’s readers expect.
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