THE ALTERNATIVE QUILL: WRITING ALTERNATIVE HISTORY

THE ALTERNATIVE QUILL: WRITING ALTERNATIVE HISTORY

It’s a popular genre with multiple niches, so if you are interested in writing Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Steampunk, Gaslamp Fantasy, Dieselpunk, or tales that tweak history into something it never was (either the past or the present), Alternative History is for you.

Beth Daniels (Writing Steampunk, Geared Up: Writing Steampunk 2nd edition, Muse to Manuscript) dips into the various styles of Alternative History by giving examples of published work and making suggestions on what specific niches have to offer and ideas on how to tweak history to your own story needs.

Among the things covered are:
• Alternative Past
• Alternative Present
• Time Travel
• Urban Fantasy
• Paranormal stories
• Steampunk
• Gaslamp Fantasy (and what makes it different from Steampunk)
• Dieselpunk
• Magical Realism

The audiences come in all age groups and the eras represented span from the beginning of mankind to the present.

The possibilities when it comes to storytelling are endless.

Cruise through history with an eye to creating your own world. Sometimes it’s wondrous, and sometimes it’s….