In case you haven’t heard of them, StoryBundle offers readers a chance to discover quality books by independent authors in a particular theme. These bundles are put together and are available for a limited time. The reader can look at the basic bundle and decide how much they would like to… Read More »Historical Fiction StoryBundle
The third book in the Francis Bacon mystery series is called The Widows Guild. I invented the society of influential women, but not its founders: Francis Bacon’s mother, Lady Anne Bacon, and his aunt, Lady Elizabeth Russell. I’m always looking for ways to bring women into my books as protagonists;… Read More »Introducing the widows: Francis Bacon’s redoubtable relations by Anna Castle
Throughout most of history, employment opportunities for women were limited. But by the nineteenth century, advances in education and technology were creating new professions for “ladies”—some of which have since disappeared, some of which are today common, and at least one that remains a highly specialized field. “Telegraph Ladies”… Read More »An Unusual Job for a Woman: A Look at Three Job Opportunities in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
My last novel, Out of Stone, which takes place in 1920, is set in a in a town, Ramapo River, that I created partly from my memories of Saddle River, New Jersey, the town I grew up in from the time I was nine until I finished college. Those memories,… Read More »Worlds Upside Down by Ann Elwood
In June 2000, a rough draft of the human genome was published, a map of all human genes. Although still two years to completion, this draft was a milestone. In the dying days of his administration, President Clinton declared; “Without a doubt, this is the most important, most wondrous map… Read More »A Too, Too Simple Coupling by G. S. Johnston