This link provided by Jody Allen took me to an article written by James Champ for The National Conversation. If you check it out, I hope you will appreciate his crisp suggestions regarding research before beginning the novel set in a time long past.
Today I upgraded my blog site. Check out the RSS feeds at the bottom from Christine Fairchild, who edits and teaches while she writes, and Publishers Lunch, a free site to keep current on events in the world of writing and publishing.