Nothing Personal, I Just Need to Kill You: A Guest Post by Kim Rendfeld
Kim Rendfeld talks about what happens when “the enemy” starts to feel like a real person in her latest release The Ashes of Heaven’s Pillar.
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A gathering of friends on their Writing Process
Writers on their writing process: a blog hop with Marylee MacDonald, Judith Starkston, Nancy Bilyeau and Faith Justice
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom August 23-29
My weekly favorites around the web: Macedonian tombs & Canaanite wine cellars, the Iliad and China policy, writing teenagers in historical fiction (Deb Swift), and debunking medieval myths (Kim Kendfeld), and 17th C witch-hunting (Anna Belfrage).
Review of A King’s Ransom by Sharon Kay Penman
Sharon Kay Penman’s epic novel of the latter part of Richard the Lionheart’s life, A King’s Ransom, engages in some literary alchemy.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom August 16-22
My favorites on the web this week: archaeology breaking out all over, mystery tomb in Macedonia, Bronze Age baby rattles, Parthenon marbles, mummies and Deb Swift on writing a deaf character in the 17th C
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom August 9-15
My weekly web favorites: English beer making, Israeli mosaics, terrible book covers, interviews with Emma Campion & Diana Gabaldon, Sharon Kay Penman’s reading list, debunking religious myths in early America.
Review of Sea Witch: The First Voyage of Captain Jesamiah Acorne by Helen Hollick
Review of Helen Hollick’s Sea Witch: a rich pirate yarn with magic mixed into the ships and battles–oh, and a love story.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Aug 2-8
My favs on the web this week: Witches & vampires fr historian Deborah Harkness, the state of historical fiction via The Guardian, truth and lies in historical fiction via Lisa Yarde, the Holy Grail via Jeri Westerson, Zelda and Scott via Spargo and a new find on Cyprus.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom July 26-Aug 1
My favorites around the web this week: HNS on my book, Kim Rendfeld on a Medieval Cat poem, historical maps fr USGS, sunken ships off Turkey, and a debate, does little stuff cause the big stuff in history?
Book Launch at The Poisoned Pen Bookstore
Book Launch of Hand of Fire at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore on September 10th. Join Judith Starkston in the celebration!