Hand of Fire is the Featured Book on Historical Fiction Ebooks
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.
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Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Jan 10-16
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?
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Jan 3-9
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.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Dec 27-Jan 2
My favorite posts around the web: history of cooking, why read the Classics, writing & historical fiction, archaeology in Turkey.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Dec 20-26
My favorite posts around the web this week: Kim Rendfeld on medicinal herbs, archaeology in Israel and Turkey
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Dec 13-19
Favorites around the web this week. In archaeology: a bronze age tomb in Thessaly, Greece, an exhibit of pre-classical Greece in France, 8,000 yr old Israeli olive oil, recreating Egyptian bread. In historical fiction: a post about his fic series with some of my favorite authors in it, a review of All the Light We Cannot See, & insulting people like a good historical fiction writer.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Dec 6-12
Some posts I enjoyed this week: Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian tombs–and Swedish communists (can’t say I don’t get around in history). In historical fiction, Nancy Bilyeau’s upcoming novel The Tapestry
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Nov 23-Dec 5
My favorites around the web: Margaret Spence’s Australia essay, Greek myth and archaeology, survey of UK vs US historical fiction reading.
Review of Knossos by Laura Gill
Knossos, by Laura Gill, takes the big view of the history of Crete, unfolding the years between 1900 and 1200 BC in a series of interrelated, extended stories.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Nov 8-22
News from the ASOR conference & my favorite posts around the web: Bruce Holsinger on historical fiction and truth, the earliest extant European “book”, 18th C selfies, treating PTSD via ancient Greek tragedy, & Amphipolis continued, the human remains.