What's On In November
Hello lovely readers,
I hope you’re all keeping well as the colder weather and darker nights draw in for those of us in the northern hemisphere.
I’ve made a few tiny tweaks to the newsletter schedule for the coming months. Now that we’re just over a year in, I feel like we’re finding our groove and working out what works around here, so it only felt right to sharpen things up a bit.
The November Theme
I’ve just organised each month around a theme to bring a little more cohesion to our community output. This month, it will be…
Writing history on Substack
The November Calendar
I know I find it helpful to know what’s coming up - we’re all busy people, right?! And for those of you not yet members of our community, they’ll be a great way to see whether this is a space you want to dive headlong into.
💬 Chats
Tuesday 5th - free subscriber chat sharing our experiences with writing on Substack
Sunday 17th - subscriber historical fiction chat
Tuesday 19th - member AMA for using Substack to write / read history
🖋 Newsletters
Thursday 7th - members’ book club (we’re currently reading Storyland by Amy Jeffs; catch the first meetup HERE)
Saturday 9th - guest post by
discussing her experience as a writer of historical fictionSunday 10th - guest post by
and discussing the editors’ perspective of historical fiction publishingSaturday 16th - guest post by
on his experience publishing historical fictionSaturday 23rd - the launch of our series on serialised fiction, featuring
Sunday 24th - how to use Substack to host your serial, with advice drawn from
’s extensive experienceSaturday 30th - November medieval history roundup
🏰 Fiction instalments
Thursday 14th - the first instalment of my new serialised novel, for members - Hild’s Tale
Thursday 28th - Hild’s Tale instalment 2
Not yet a member?
Free subscribers receive weekly medieval history newsletters and a monthly chat, but when you upgrade you’ll unlock access to:
✅ Access monthly history-focus book club videos and discussion (we’re currently reading Storyland by Amy Jeffs over four months)
✅ Receive twice-monthly instalments of my new serialised novel, Hild’s Tale, plus access to the archive of Bertha’s Tale (20 instalments) and 20+ short historical fiction stories
✅ Instant ebook download: Echoes of Hearth and Hall, a collection of short historical fiction stories
✅ Exclusive monthly chat threads working through your own history reading and writing projects
✅ The option to start your own chat threads with other subscribers
Awesome. New subscriber so thanks for the updates. I mean this super positively but I totally didn’t expect to come out from this post going “I can’t wait to try Hild’s Tale.” Totally up my alley (I am a low-fantasy writer and love historical fiction). Are the serialized novels available to free subs or is that members only?