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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.

Review of A Day of Fire by Stephanie Dray, Ben Kane, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot, Kate Quinn, Vicki Alvear Shecter

A Day of Fire is a collection of six interconnected stories set in Pompeii on the day Vesuvius blew up. The stories immerse us into a variety of strata of Roman life in this iconic city and build a rich palette of characters.

Curing the Hittite Way: Analogical Magic and Powerful Words

My post about the role of magic and powerful words in Hittite healing to restore harmony between the divine and mortal realms and in the process bring about physical health.

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Nov 1-7

My favorites around the web this week: Interview with Donis Casey, a review of A Day of Fire (which I’m in the middle of myself), miracle seed from Massada, open air ruins on Despotiko, a shot from the past–childhood fav paintings fr Huntington Library, WWI gets “dug” and the creative spirit of the desert caught on camera by Melissa Crytzer Fry.

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom October 25-31

I’m a day or so late putting up my weekly post of my favorites around the web. I’ve been getting myself back into the habit of writing my full word count everyday with a lot less daily book promotion, and since I’ve been away from this my historical mystery for a while and got myself into a muddle, that took a lot of focus. I didn’t spend much web time, so my pickings are slim. And I took much of Sat and Sun to vegetate with a good book and no screen time. I enjoyed that! I did  manage to… Read More »Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom October 25-31

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Oct 18-24

My favorites around the web this week: debate about Parthenon Marbles, blending research & creativity in historical fiction, & 3 pros of historical fiction on their books: Tinney Sue Heath, Kim Rendfeld and Ruth Downie.

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom October 11-17

Join me on Sat Oct 18 in celebration of International Archaeology Day for a talk about Hand of Fire and Bronze Age archaeology. Here are my favorite finds around the web this week: all archaeological from Amphipolis to England!