H M Hulme
Writer of literary historical fiction set in the First World War. Revising my first book, writing the next, seeking representation. Rather chuffed to be long-listed for Historical Writers Association Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition 2019. Mountaineer, gardener, traveller, reader. Africa, Modernism, tea, roses, and unrealistic romance. NHS midwife in a former life.
Tag Archives: England
Chronicle of Youth
Posted in Inspiration, Research
Tagged characters, England, Great War, non-fiction, nurses & nursing, romance, social history, women, WW1 or FWW
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Worthless Men (reading-as-a-writer 10)
View this post on Instagram Why do I bother writing when the world already contains books like Worthless Men by Andrew Cowan (2013)? Set in an English market town in post-Somme 1916, the action spans no more than a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Research
Tagged 20th century, England, historical fiction, history, shell-shock, social history, soldiers, war, women
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