--- title: "4 Historical fiction Quotes By Sara Sheridan" description: "4 Historical fiction quotes by Sara Sheridan. Plus more from Sara Sheridan and more Historical fiction sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/sara-sheridan-1032_crime_you-spill-a-lot-of-beans-in-historical-f_141304.png" --- > [“You spill a lot of beans in historical fiction. Crime fiction is about spilling no beans at all. You spill the least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/you-spill-a-lot-of-beans-in-historical-fiction-crime-fiction-is-about/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/sara-sheridan-1032_crime_you-spill-a-lot-of-beans-in-historical-f_141304.png) > [“Archive material is vital to the writer of historical fiction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/archive-material-is-vital-to-the-writer-of-historical-fiction/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/sara-sheridan-1032_archives_archive-material-is-vital-to-the-writer_2015727.png) > [Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/historical-fiction-of-course-is-particularly-research-heavy-the/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/sara-sheridan-1032_courses_historical-fiction-of-course-is-particul_2307302.jpg) > [“Writing historical fiction has many common traits with writing sci-fi or fantasy books. The past is another country - a very different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/writing-historical-fiction-has-many-common-traits-with-writing-sci-fi/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/sara-sheridan-1032_books_writing-historical-fiction-has-many-comm_2970524.jpg) ## Other authors on Historical fiction - [Nancy B. 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Malby 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/f-c-malby/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-melissa-de-la-cruz-66501.jpg) Melissa de la Cruz 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/melissa-de-la-cruz/) - [Susan Meissner 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/susan-meissner/) - [Sharon Lovejoy 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/sharon-lovejoy/) - [Gwenn Wright 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/gwenn-wright/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brooks-hays-19957.jpg) Michael G. Kramer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/michael-g-kramer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-r-r-martin-37926.jpg) George R. R. Martin 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/george-r-r-martin-2/) - [Emery Lee 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/emery-lee/) ## More by Sara Sheridan > [Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/everyone-assumes-writers-spend-their-time-lounging-around-writing-and/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [“Kissing her is like drinking salted water, he thinks. His thirst only increases.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/kissing-her-is-like-drinking-salted-water-he-thinks-his-thirst-only/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/those-who-have-not-been-stung-will-hardly-fear-a-bee-the-same-as/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [“We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/we-are-in-the-middle-of-the-biggest-revolution-in-reading-and-writing/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-sky-was-a-sparkling-succession-of-black-diamonds-on-black-velvet/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [“The bonds between a family are strange indeed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-bonds-between-a-family-are-strange-indeed/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/history-is-full-of-blank-spaces-but-good-stories-invariably-are-not/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [“The mass communications that could enable our politics for good have instead turned it into a bland conglomeration of stinted opinion cloaked in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-mass-communications-that-could-enable-our-politics-for-good-have/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/i-ve-found-myself-moved-by-letters-and-diaries-in-archives-as-well-as/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/grabbing-readers-by-the-imagination-is-a-writer-s-job/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/as-an-historical-novelist-there-are-few-jobs-more-retrospective-i/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [“Crime writers, I've noticed, can be jumpy. They live in a world where there are murderers on the loose and they haven't been caught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/crime-writers-i-ve-noticed-can-be-jumpy-they-live-in-a-world-where/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [“The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-writing-talent-of-edinburgh-is-textured-we-have-poets-novelists/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [“Communism,” I observed, “is a pile of wank.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/communism-i-observed-is-a-pile-of-wank/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) > [A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/a-word-out-of-place-or-an-interesting-choice-of-vocabulary-can-spawn/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/sara-sheridan/#itemlist", "name": "4 Historical fiction Quotes By Sara Sheridan", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You spill a lot of beans in historical fiction. 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