Fantasy Hive Interview, Iron Age Murder & Mesopotamian Cooking
On my blog: Judith Starkston’s interview on Fantasy Hive as part of Women in SFF. In archaeology news, read about Iron Age murder & cuneiform recipe experiments and Silk Road Gourmet.
Judith Starkston has spent too much time exploring the remains of the ancient worlds of the Greeks and Hittites. Their myths and clashes inspire her fiction and open gates to magical realms. She has degrees in Classics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and Cornell. She loves myths and telling stories, and her novels imbue fantasy with the richness of ancient worlds. The first book in her Trojan Threads Series, Hand of Fire was a semi-finalist for the M.M. Bennett’s Award for Historical Fiction. Priestess of Ishana, the first in her historical fantasy Tesha series, won the San Diego State University Conference Choice Award. Judith is represented by Richard Curtis.
On my blog: Judith Starkston’s interview on Fantasy Hive as part of Women in SFF. In archaeology news, read about Iron Age murder & cuneiform recipe experiments and Silk Road Gourmet.
The cover reveal for Stephanie Dray’s The Women of Chateau Lafayette. Win an advance reading copy. Interview with Stephanie about her love for all things Lafayette.
On my blog: I’m working through developmental edits, improving one of my characters. In archaeology news, read about a Roman shoe and ancient Greek and Roman recipes to try.
Podcast kudos for Priestess of Ishana. In archaeology news, explore Egyptian hieroglyphics and the “emperor” of runestones.
On my blog: Celebrating a complete draft of the 3rd Tesha book! In archaeology, a introduction to ancient Egyptian language & surprising DNA from Irish Neolithic tomb
Writing scenes based on Egyptian magic. In archaeology news, re-dating the settlement of Iceland and a sapphire cameo with unusual Roman history.
I entered the SPFBO book contest. In archaeology news, read about game pieces from cremation burial and the excavation of the earliest London theater.
I’m writing & plotting with a friend. In archaeology news, read about an Egyptian senet game board & Biblical altar residue showing cannabis use.
I’m picking a title for my historical fantasy. In archaeology news, read about the recent discovery of exquisite tomb paintings in Egypt & Roman mosaic in Italian vineyard.
Friendship and writing critique. In archaeology news, read about LiDAR images used to identify potential archaeological sites in Britain and the Peabody’s catalogue Women at the Dawn of History.