Priestesses and Prostitutes, a boxed set that contains a novella and three novels by members of the Historical Fiction Authors Cooperative, is only 99 cents until March 31. This boxed set can be found on Kindle, Kobo, iTunes, and Nook. ♦♦♦♦♦ Two women struggle for survival and understanding in the wake… Read More »Priestesses and Prostitutes: Four Novels of Ancient Times
Murder and Mayhem is a boxed set of four historical mysteries written by members of the Historical Fiction Authors Cooperative that will be only 99 cents between March 22-27. ♠♠♠♠ These four mysteries range in time periods and settings from I. J. Parker’s The Hell Screen, set in Medieval Japan, to Anna… Read More »Murder and Mayhem: Four Historical Mysteries
My new book, Masters of Time, the tenth book in the After Cilmeri series, opens with an attempted murder using a Welsh longbow. What’s significant about this use is that it occurred in France, where bows had given way to crossbow—a far easier weapon to use for someone who didn’t… Read More »What was so special about the Longbow? by Sarah Woodbury
Long series, and I’ve been lucky enough to write one, have their dilemmas, but historical ones include issues that can trouble modern readers. Among these problems is early mortality. In my latest book, Land of Shadows, I realized that Prioress Eleanor and her family must suffer a generational shift. King… Read More »LAND OF SHADOWS by Priscilla Royal
Repost of an interview that Steve Donoghue, managing editor of Open Letters Monthly and an HNS American editor, did with Andrew Levkoff…our newest HFAC author. Open Letters: Your new book, Blood of Eagles, brings to a close the trilogy telling the story of Marcus Crassus and his slave Alexandros. How… Read More »Interview of Andrew Levkoff