Weaving in curses, finding gold Crusader-era treasure & a meteoric explanation of Sodom
Balancing magic & psychology in my fantasy writing and in Archaeology: gold coins hidden from Crusaders & a meteoric explanation of Sodom’s demise
LIBCON at Glendale Library
LIBCON West at the Glendale Library, this Sat Dec 8, 11-5. Calling all Phoenix area friends, esp. teens & fantasy fans for author panels, cosplay, swords & sabers, gaming, pirates and more
Publication of Priestess of Ishana and two remarkable archaeological finds: a sexy Pompeian fresco and a gear of the Antikythera mechanism
Priestess of Ishana, 1st book in my new series, is now available. In archaeology news, new fresco discovered in Pompeii and another gear of the Antikythera mechanism
Cover Reveal, Mummified Cats and Scarabs, Found: Lost Greek City Built by Trojan Captives
The cover reveal for Priestess of Ishana, and the archaeology posts I enjoyed: newly found Egyptian tombs filled with cat and scarab mummies, and the lost city of Tenea built by Trojan captives has been found
World-Building one room at a time, Egyptian archaeology & fantasy, WWI artifact with heart
My favorite writing project this week: build a better fictional room. Archaeology posts I enjoyed: mysterious Egyptian discoveries and a WWI artifact with heart
Tucson Comic-Con, Chalcolithic geometric seal, Bible Museum’s “dead-sea scroll” forgeries
I’m off to Tucson Comic-Con this weekend to hang out with fantasy writers. From archaeology around the web this week, an extremely early geometric seal and some “dead sea scroll” forgeries from the Bible Museum
Plotting Fantasy amidst Chaos, Uncovering Linear B & Intact “Odysseus” Shipwreck
In this week’s post I show how I wrangle order out of chaos in the plotting of my next fantasy novel, and I share two archaeology updates about imaging Linear B and an intact Greek shipwreck that looks just like the “Siren Vase” in the British Museum
Roundup of Archaeology and History October 13-Oct 19
Archaeology posts I enjoyed this week: Cycladic figurine find on Santorini and the hand of god, Roman-style from Vindolanda England. Also a video of Leonard Nimoy explaining the Jewish origins of his famous hand gesture as Spock because this Roman hand of god find got me thinking about the universality of divine hand gestures.
Roundup of Archaeology and History October 6-12
My new website is live! This week I’m sharing posts about Hittite dragons, the earliest use of nutmeg, the excavation that brought us the Victory of Samothrace and the new Troy Museum
Roundup of Archaeology and History September 22-28
Hand of Fire is back in print with a gorgeous new cover. The archaeology post I found fun this week had me daydreaming about which museum basement or storeroom I would most want to sneak into.