Amalia Carosella, one of my favorite authors working in the genre of mythic retelling, has just launched a novella, The Lion of Troezen, that focuses on Aethra, the often forgotten mother of Theseus, and her affair with Poseidon. I’m giving her the stage today with a guest post that reveals how passionate Amalia is about Greek mythology and the gods.
This week I’m welcoming M.K. Tod to my blog. Enjoy her guest post about the Chinese Tea ceremony in honor of her new novel The Admiral’s Wife.
I bring you a delightful change of pace: a guest interview with Simon Rose, author of The Stone of the Seer, a YA historical fantasy adventure set in the English Civil War.
A guest post from M.K. Tod. She has set her latest novel, Paris in Ruins, in an iconic place at a time of great upheaval and conflict–during the Prussian invasion of 1870. It is a novel of the human spirit overcoming the worst of times.
A guest post by Laura Morelli about Etruscan women and their more equal status to men.
My interview with Simon Rose, SciFi and fantasy writer and writing coach, about his Shadowzone series.
Tinney Heath, author of Lady of the Seven Suns, visits my blog with a post about medieval cities and the intriguing life therein.
Alison Morton guest posts about her novels of alternative Roman history. Ever wonder what alternative history is and is it looney? (no…) Teaser: the women get equal rights. Now that’s remarkably alternative! Alison knows her Romans and her world building, which makes this fiction very engaging.
RESURRECTING DANAË Rethinking the Role of Perseus’s Mother: a discussion by Laura Gill of her novel about this marginalized woman from Greek mythology
A guest post from Justin Aucoin, who loves highwaymen and pirates. Today he’s telling us about the historical background to his novel Honor Among Thieves set among 17th Century highwaymen.
