Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom July 18-24
Posts I enjoyed around the web this week: Viking sword, writing tips from Laura McNeill, mythic Celtic monsters, Dickens, and the truth about Bloody Mary fr Nancy Bilyeau.
Posts I enjoyed around the web this week: Viking sword, writing tips from Laura McNeill, mythic Celtic monsters, Dickens, and the truth about Bloody Mary fr Nancy Bilyeau.
Posts I enjoyed this week: Etruscan bling by Elisabeth Storrs, Linen fragment with Cleopatra’s father’s name on it, using adj and adverbs wisely by September C Fawkes, and those Greek statues were really brightly colored!
Posts I enjoyed around the web this week: Egyptian papyri, Israeli ritual bath 1 C CE, wrap-up HNS from Nicole Evelina, a writing cartoon fr Janet Rudolph & BoookBub advice
A guest post from Justin Aucoin, who loves highwaymen and pirates. Today he’s telling us about the historical background to his novel Honor Among Thieves set among 17th Century highwaymen.
Some posts I enjoyed this week: Two recaps of HNS Denver 2015 fr Kate Quinn and Pat Bracewell, anachronisms in Historical Fiction?, difference between historical romance and historical fiction with a romantic element, 4th of July mysteries, resurrecting book tours?
I’m off to the Historical Novel Society Conference in Denver. Here are the posts I enjoyed this week: “Twitter Novel” cartoon fr Janet Rudolph, humorous very bad reviews for Grey via January Magazine, Catherine of Aragon and Blackfriars by Nancy Bilyeau, 6 million dog mummies found in Egyptian dig, Greek mystery religion fr Samothrace exhibit at Athens Acropolis Museum & Sonoran spring photos by Melissa Crytzer Fry–gorgeous!
Posts I enjoyed this week: Nancy Bilyeau on Tudor Seers, R&J in text speak, Istanbul bookstore with a vision, the archaeology of an amphorae graveyard in Rome, Authors Guild’s guidelines for fair author contracts
Some posts I enjoyed this week: French book covers, Egyptology website from Petrie Museum, History of the horse, Amazonian Wonder Woman on a Greek vase
Posts I enjoyed this week: David Waid’s history of poisons, Mary Tod’s survey of historical fiction, archaeology in Turkey and Russia and the Pleistocene age, and literary self-pubing
News & posts this week: Judith is teaching ArtiFACTS to Fiction workshop Flagstaff June 13, Pat Bracewell on Bayeux Tapestry, Lit Hub on hilarious book tour, ancient music in Israel, HNS conference session schedule (including my midwifery panel w/ Diana Gabaldon!)