RESURRECTING DANAË Rethinking the Role of Perseus’s Mother
RESURRECTING DANAË Rethinking the Role of Perseus’s Mother: a discussion by Laura Gill of her novel about this marginalized woman from Greek mythology
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Judith Starkston
Judith Starkston has spent too much time exploring the remains of the ancient worlds of the Greeks and Hittites. Their myths and clashes inspire her fiction and open gates to magical realms. She has degrees in Classics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and Cornell. She loves myths and telling stories, and her novels imbue fantasy with the richness of ancient worlds. The first book in her Trojan Threads Series, Hand of Fire was a semi-finalist for the M.M. Bennett’s Award for Historical Fiction. Priestess of Ishana, the first in her historical fantasy Tesha series, won the San Diego State University Conference Choice Award. Judith is represented by Richard Curtis.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom March 19-25
Some posts I enjoyed around the web this week: 500 yr old Bible reveals Reformation secrets, Egyptian ostracon with alphabet practice, figuring out what immerses a reader and some good bks for good price: The Tapestry in paperback & 4 bk collection of historical mysteries
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom March 12-18
Posts I enjoyed from around the web this week: Roman tavern in France shows shift from Celtic culture, a cartoon of writerly humor and the mystery of what’s behind King Tut’s tomb continues with ever greater details
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom March 5-11
I hope to see you at the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend. Here are some posts I enjoyed around the web this week: Roman mosaics in Turkey, Etruscan tomb finds, deciphering Greek papyri, tel Kabri site reveals a possible winery, how to use backstory brilliantly
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Feb 20-March 4
A delightful time at Left Coast Crime and some posts I enjoyed from around the web: chance find of Clovis people and mammoth, learning dialogue, 31 Mycenaean burials
Propaganda and Reality: Hittites vs Pharaoh Ramesses
Getting to the truth in wartime has always been difficult. Pharaoh Ramesses, after the Battle of Kadesh, portrayed his version in some interestingly distorted ways.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Feb 13-19
Join me Feb 25-28 at Left Coast Crime. Here are some posts from around the web that I enjoyed this week: badger turns Bronze Age archaeologist, Roman restaurant in France, the Homer reading club talks Achilles and Harper Lee memories.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Feb 6-12
Some posts I enjoyed this week: interview with Andrew Levkoff re his Roman series, Mycenaean mine in Greece, interview with Priscilla Royal by Sharon Kay Penman and the Met colorizes the Temple of Dendur
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Jan 30-Feb 6
Posts I enjoyed around the web this week: Pompeii’s casts get new life, prehistory of domesticated cats in China, Mayan Codices from Elle Jauffret and new ideas & old myth busting about Vikings.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Jan 23-29
I had a great time at the San Diego State University Writers’ Conference, details inside. Here are some posts I enjoyed this week: ancient footprints found near Tucson, new findings fr a venerable, excellent archaeological dig in Turkey, Çatalhöyük, linguists date your childhood fairytales to the Bronze Age, and an overview article about Hittites (in case you haven’t yet got the picture from this website…)