Before I learned of the Danish role in the assassination in 1143 AD of Anarawd, King of Deheubarth, I had no idea that the Danes had ever conquered parts of Ireland. The Danes, as a group, were part of a vast migration of men of the North to other regions… Read More »The Vikings (Danes) in Ireland by Sarah Woodbury
Finding Silver is the third book of a trilogy, which I call “The Ira Beard stories.” They are three stand-alone tales, the only things in common being the main characters, Ira Beard and his wife Octavia de LaLuz. Ira is a former New York City police officer who came to… Read More »About Finding Silver by Steve Bartholomew
The fifth book in my Francis Bacon mystery series, Let Slip the Dogs, takes place at Richmond Palace. Alas, the palace is long gone, so I had to rely on history books and re-creations. “Richmond was the most orderly and most logical of buildings, and both in its plan and… Read More »Richmond Palace by Anna Castle
Falcon Blue, book six of The Child of the Erinyes,was the only book of the series not already drafted when I began publishing. I didn’t intend to write this story at all: my plan was to merely allude to it in other books. But after finishing The Sixth Labyrinth, I… Read More »Researching the First Reincarnation: Falcon Blue
Yasser Arafat is notoriously credited with having said that a war about religion is like having a fight over who has got the best imaginary friend. As provocative as the statement is to people of faith, it cannot be denied that human beings have long been capable of intense personal… Read More »On Imaginary Friends by Sulari Gentill