Medieval nuns & prostitutes, Feminists fr. preRevolutionary NY & Mesopotamia, telling history fr the pagan peasant point of view, and translating an Egyptian stela changes the chronology of the Near East, starring some of my favorite writers, bloggers and historians: Nancy Bilyeau, Bruce Holsinger, Kim Rendfeld, Shirley Graetz, Sarah Johnson, Nassem Al-Mehairi, and University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute.
AZ Historical Novel Society Meeting April 5: History of Sex. My favorites on web this week: oldest winemaking, Tolkien’s Beowulf, overview of historical romance, Celebrating Women continues w/ Catherine the Great, ancient female philosophers & Medici heroines.
Great weekend at Tucson Festival of Books. Troy gets a new archaeological team, Achilles gets a satirical poke, Nancy Bilyeau id’s 8 Best Historicals, Alex the Great’s successor gets dug up and we’re Celebrating Women in an excellent series.
Next AZ HNS meeting April 5: Ann Chamberlin on the History of Sex. Weekly Web favorites include a remarkable queen via Kim Rendfeld, a storied Abbey via Nancy Bilyeau, Big Foot put to use inspiring the youth of America via Karen Randau and some new thinking about Petra.
Tucson Festival of Books, Book lovers heaven coming March 15-16! Around the web: getting at the truth with HF, Viking fiction with Richard Lee, Stephanie Dray on Cleopatra Selene’s identify crisis, ancient color blindness, & a podcast re Jessica Brockmole’s epistolary novel.
What I’m working on and how: My Writing Process, a Blog Hop
Downton Abbey, ancient helmets, the Sixities as HF, microbes in Pompeii, Speller’s WWI novel, ancient climate change & the Argo sails again.
My fav’s fr the web this week: aliens at Pyramids, what a copyeditor does & an app for Hemingway’s style, Kim Rendfeld’s writing process, & my nominee for best-written review, Ron Charles on A Burnable Book.
Next AZ HNS meeting April 5, history of sex, Ann Chamberlin. Links to archaeological finds fr 9000 yr old linen to a bronze Apollo. Historical preservation of sacred buildings. Tips on historical fiction fr Stephanie Dray, character motivation by me, cover art, and lively medieval games by Tinney Heath.
What makes a young woman pick up a sword against a powerful Greek Warrior? My guest post on Linda Collison’s blog “Sea of Words” about character motivation in Hand of Fire.
