u/islandtotheleft

hi folks,
Anyone interested in discussing the tension between fact and fiction in historical fiction novels? Have just republished my novel, Something Bigger, based on the true life of an Irish emigrant priest killed by the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama in 1921. It took me forever to research even though (or perhaps because?) it's based on my own family history.
In the process, i learned a lot about how research can weight things down, but is still needed, and would love to discuss. Here's a free link to an Irish radio interview I did discussing this:
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22604401/