Reminder of AZ HNS meeting Sat Nov 7 with Donis Casey on Dialogue. Posts I enjoyed this week: Unplundered Mycenaean tombs, underwater archaeology uncovers 22 shipwrecks, the whole Iliad performed
Some posts I enjoyed this week: Jane Smiley takes on a historian about the value of historical fiction, a Hittite secret tunnel found in central Turkey castle, King Tut to be repaired properly.
Here are some posts I enjoyed this week: Donis Casey on how writing is like archeology, some marketing advice for authors, the PBS show on the Trojan Horse, and a writer cartoon
Note Judith’s Oct 24 historical fiction workshop at Scottsdale Historical Museum ArtiFACT to FICTION.
Here are some posts I enjoyed this week: Stephanie Dray’s 10 Tips for Historical Fiction Authors, ancient Greeks on war, Nefertiti vs Tut, the creative process and random elements, and the Macavity awards in mystery.
Some posts I enjoyed this week: two different tv programs on the Trojan War, a new tablet of Gilgamesh, CT scans of the Pompeii casts of victims, and 2 spoofs (we all need to laugh)
Posts I enjoyed this week: Alacahöyük hair tie found in Turkey, Egypt approves search for Nefertiti tomb, the Trojan War as Musical Comedy and the BBC to make a new series focused on the Trojan War.
Some posts I enjoyed this week: this year’s finds at Minoan Zominthos, Crete, the abandoned district of Famagusta, Cyprus in the news and fiction from Sarah Johnson, 100 hundred words for “slut” by Jo Ann Butler, resurrecting Nero’s Domus Aurea and who knew elephants lived in Arcadia, Greece?
Reminder of Sept 19 AZ HNS meeting on Scrivener. Here are some posts I enjoyed on the web this week: Girls’ education in Tudor, Regency and American Revolutionary periods (with Anna Castle, Libi Astaire, Suzanne Adair), huge ritual monument near Stonehenge discovered, busting Gladiator myths (with Faith Justice), and reconstructing 4,000 year old Hittite foods.
Some of my favorite posts from around the web this week: blog tour etiquette by Gail Martin, ancient music on the lyre, ASOR Palmyra update, Bruce Holsinger takes on Trump & Beowulf, More on the Mycenaean palace near Sparta, Alison Morton’s selection of books involving history, mystery & derring do
Here are some posts I enjoyed this week: Archaeology at Troy, Aztec skulls, Mycenaean Palace near Sparta, Writing internal dialogue by Marcy Kennedy
