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Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom May 3-9
Posts I enjoyed around the web: Alison Morton on Hollywood’s Roman bloopers, Turkey rebuilds Roman Triumphal arch, keeping tension in scenes by Anna Elliot and puzzling new words in the dictionary.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom April 26-May 2
My weekly web favorites: Egyptian Papyrus with hangover remedy, Jane Austen’s world by M.M. Bennetts, conversation about comic war novels with David Abrams and Viet Thanh Nguyen, cartoon via Janet Rudolph, Sudan’s Meroe Pyramids
Visiting Heroines of Fantasy
I have a guest post on Heroines of Fantasy about Briseis and finding voice. Briseis is right at home on this blog among the strong women and tales of adventure, magic, betrayal and war.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom April 19-25
Posts I enjoyed around the web this week: a small town dig of Minoan Crete, Liza Klaussmann on enriching the “real” with the fictional in Historical fiction, a rave review of Ben Kane’s latest Roman book, remembering Harry Hoffner monumental Hittitologist, the apparent translucency of marble & what that means to ancient Greek temples, and Donis Casey on the pain of slicing & dicing one’s manuscript.
Discovering reader preferences, habits and attitudes – Announcing the 2015 Reader Survey by M.K. Tod
M.K. Tod’s annual survey of reading habits and preferences. A very useful tool for all of us writing historical fiction.
Review of The Tapestry by Nancy Bilyeau
Review of Nancy Bilyeau’s Tudor thriller The Tapestry, third in the Joanna Stafford series. Highly recommended
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom April 12-18
Reminder AZ HNS meeting this Saturday April 25 2-4 with Marcia Fine. My favorite posts around the web this week: Neanderthals in limestone and making music, interview with Nancy Bilyeau, Susan Spann on Female Samurai Warriors, David Waid on ancient shipwreck, Italian history in the basement and Museum makeover
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom April 4-11
My favorites around the web this week: an interview about Hand of Fire by Fiona McVie, Kate Atherton’s review of Lindsey Davis’s Deadly Elections, and Neolithic and Mycenaean graves of great interest in Greece.
Review of Satan’s Lullaby by Priscilla Royal
My review of Priscilla Royal’s Satan’s Lullaby: a Medieval Mystery. Highly recommended