My favorite posts around the web this week: archaeology under siege in Turkey and Egypt, new find in Greece, historical accuracy when a great novel like Wolf Hall goes small screen, and mixing archaeology and imagination in Scotland with Louise Turner.
My favorite posts around the web recently: Donis Casey on War Cake, January Magazine on Harper Lee’s 2nd novel and why more women than men read historical fiction, archaeology news about Tutankhamun’s broken beard & Texan pictographs, and a “celebrity” historical fiction interview between Priscilla Royal and Sharon Kay Penman.
I’ve joined a wonderful group of authors. You’ll find my post “Giving Briseis Her Voice” on Historical Fiction eBooks, as well as a page about Hand of Fire and an author page about me.
My favorite posts around the web this week & reminder of the AZ Historical Novel Society meeting Jan 24: the movie Exodus goes mad, Tudor seers (Nancy Bilyeau), Roman cops (Alison Morton), gold Bronze Age signet ring, overview of Crime Fiction, how to write historical fiction, interview with Alison McMahan about her HF The Saffron Crocus, a new Historical Thesaurus & are podcasts the new literary form?
Favorites around the web this week: On writing there’s a post about letting go of the research when writing historical fiction, tips fr Stephen King, marketing yr book. On archaeology, flint-knapping, cuneiform cookies. On history, how the movie Selma distorts history in a racist way. And of personal interest, the June Historical Novel Society Conference schedule is out & my panel, Midwifery, Magic or Medicine? is Sat 9:15. I hope to see many of you there.
My favorite posts around the web: history of cooking, why read the Classics, writing & historical fiction, archaeology in Turkey.
My favorite posts around the web this week: Kim Rendfeld on medicinal herbs, archaeology in Israel and Turkey
My favorites around the web: Margaret Spence’s Australia essay, Greek myth and archaeology, survey of UK vs US historical fiction reading.
I’m a day or so late putting up my weekly post of my favorites around the web. I’ve been getting myself back into the habit of writing my full word count everyday with a lot less daily book promotion, and since I’ve been away from this my historical mystery for a while and got myself into a muddle, that took a lot of focus. I didn’t spend much web time, so my pickings are slim. And I took much of Sat and Sun to vegetate with a good book and no screen time. I enjoyed that! I did manage to… Read More »Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom October 25-31
My favorites around the web this week: debate about Parthenon Marbles, blending research & creativity in historical fiction, & 3 pros of historical fiction on their books: Tinney Sue Heath, Kim Rendfeld and Ruth Downie.
