Historical research

Name Resources

Updated on February 23, 2022
Here are some resources for choosing and creating names for your characters. Reminder, Asia and Africa are land masses, not countries, and there are significant differences in culture and naming across these land masses.

Historical Fiction Research

The following was sent as an ask on my Tumblr blog:
You have one of my favourite blogs on Tumblr! I just wanted to know if you have any tips for researching for historical/fantasy? I just can’t seem to get into it, even though it’s one of my favourite genres. Thank you so much! Again, awesome blog!!

Response:
Thank you so much for the super kind compliment, and for the ask! I’m sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I wanted to check in with my network of writers to see if any of them had recommendations I would have missed. And they did!

I start out with articles that talk more about the process, and how to go about researching; these sometimes include good resources as well. Below that I have some resources that can be useful, though this list is not remotely exhaustive.