How did you know you should become an author? This is a very interesting question, because it suggests that there is a before and after point. I have been writing as long as I have been reading, since I was four years old. I have many half-finished novels and even… Read More »Interview of Annmarie Banks, author of Necromancer’s Grimoire
Saint Patrick was not quite the snake-chasing evangelist of Ireland that he is most commonly misperceived to have been. In How the Irish Saved Civilization, Thomas Cahill explains that Patrick (Naomh Pádraig) was a Welsh farm boy kidnapped into slavery at the age of sixteen by pagan Irish raiders early… Read More »Saint Patrick and Ireland by Jack Dixon
Wales … snow covered mountains, deep lakes, hundreds of miles of coastline, and a long and brutal history of rebellion and conquest. I love history and reading about history, but real history often ends badly for the heroes. Consequently, when a story involves a main character who dies an unpleasant… Read More »Writing Fantasy into Historical Fiction by Sarah Woodbury
I think most people who read, and especially those who write literature and Historical Fiction of the Victorian era understand the typical in’s and out’s of courtship propriety. (For a brief discussion on the topic, visit my post, here.) But it’s interesting, if you think about it, how unsettled… Read More »(pr)eHarmony – or Alternative Courtship in the Victorian Era by V. R. Christensen
The following books are free or discounted as part of the Smashwords Read an eBook Week, March 3-9th: Steve Bartholomew, Ariella, an heroic tale, Free on Smashwords Steve Bartholomew, Gold, a Tale of the California Gold Rush, Free on Smashwords Steve Bartholomew, The Woodcutter, Free on Smashwords Iva Polansky, Fame and Infamy:… Read More »Read an eBook Week Promotions 3/3-3/9/2013