https://katelore.com/tags/shogun/ Recent content in shogun on KateLore https://katelore.com/taka-mon.png https://katelore.com/taka-mon.png Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Wed, 15 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://katelore.com/blog/dealing-with-the-fantastical-in-a-novel/ Wed, 15 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://katelore.com/blog/dealing-with-the-fantastical-in-a-novel/ Historic fiction is a slippery slope. I am currently writing about Japan in the historic period in and around the Gempei War—a war of historic record. My main character is Yamabuki, a female warrior, a person who is recorded in some annals, but whose life is almost unknown. How much can a writer make up while entertaining her audience, while staying more or less faithful to the period? Some writers will go completely around this problem.