Here are the posts I enjoyed this week around the web. I seem to have been very ancient. The Amphipolis tomb, Herculaneum scroll and writing historical fiction set within Greek mythology
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
Favorites around the web this week. In archaeology: a bronze age tomb in Thessaly, Greece, an exhibit of pre-classical Greece in France, 8,000 yr old Israeli olive oil, recreating Egyptian bread. In historical fiction: a post about his fic series with some of my favorite authors in it, a review of All the Light We Cannot See, & insulting people like a good historical fiction writer.
Some posts I enjoyed this week: Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian tombs–and Swedish communists (can’t say I don’t get around in history). In historical fiction, Nancy Bilyeau’s upcoming novel The Tapestry
My favorites around the web: Margaret Spence’s Australia essay, Greek myth and archaeology, survey of UK vs US historical fiction reading.
News from the ASOR conference & my favorite posts around the web: Bruce Holsinger on historical fiction and truth, the earliest extant European “book”, 18th C selfies, treating PTSD via ancient Greek tragedy, & Amphipolis continued, the human remains.
