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.
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 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.
My favorites around the web this week: Interview with Donis Casey, a review of A Day of Fire (which I’m in the middle of myself), miracle seed from Massada, open air ruins on Despotiko, a shot from the past–childhood fav paintings fr Huntington Library, WWI gets “dug” and the creative spirit of the desert caught on camera by Melissa Crytzer Fry.
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
