My favorite posts this week around the web: an upcoming lecture in Phoenix on Egyptian archaeology, divination dig in Armenia, Nancy Bilyeau on Cromwell & Moore portraits, Sheila Dalton on 17th C contraception.
Interview with Judith Starkston about Hand of Fire on the UTube Channel, Fantasy Fiction Focus
My favorite posts around the web this week: Archaeology from Neolithic to Roman, Pat Bracewell’s research, saffron.
My favorite posts around the web this week: archaeology under siege in Turkey and Egypt, new find in Greece, historical accuracy when a great novel like Wolf Hall goes small screen, and mixing archaeology and imagination in Scotland with Louise Turner.
My favorite posts around the web recently: Donis Casey on War Cake, January Magazine on Harper Lee’s 2nd novel and why more women than men read historical fiction, archaeology news about Tutankhamun’s broken beard & Texan pictographs, and a “celebrity” historical fiction interview between Priscilla Royal and Sharon Kay Penman.
Here are the posts I enjoyed this week around the web. I seem to have been very ancient. The Amphipolis tomb, Herculaneum scroll and writing historical fiction set within Greek mythology
I’ve joined a wonderful group of authors. You’ll find my post “Giving Briseis Her Voice” on Historical Fiction eBooks, as well as a page about Hand of Fire and an author page about me.
My favorite posts around the web this week & reminder of the AZ Historical Novel Society meeting Jan 24: the movie Exodus goes mad, Tudor seers (Nancy Bilyeau), Roman cops (Alison Morton), gold Bronze Age signet ring, overview of Crime Fiction, how to write historical fiction, interview with Alison McMahan about her HF The Saffron Crocus, a new Historical Thesaurus & are podcasts the new literary form?
Favorites around the web this week: On writing there’s a post about letting go of the research when writing historical fiction, tips fr Stephen King, marketing yr book. On archaeology, flint-knapping, cuneiform cookies. On history, how the movie Selma distorts history in a racist way. And of personal interest, the June Historical Novel Society Conference schedule is out & my panel, Midwifery, Magic or Medicine? is Sat 9:15. I hope to see many of you there.
My favorite posts around the web: history of cooking, why read the Classics, writing & historical fiction, archaeology in Turkey.
