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  • Bleak Midwinter Quiltbag Funfest: Eleven Pipers Piping

    Authors from the QUILTBAG Historicals Facebook group are brightening this bleak midwinter with excerpts and more based (loosely – very loosely) on “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Join the group, which is an inclusive queer historical fiction group of readers and writers celebrating LGBTQ-focused works, and read some wonderful excerpts. There is a fantastic giveaway, so sign…

  • Starting the new year with a great review

    Candlelight Reading reviewed all twelve stories in Betrayal, but it was extra special for me to read these words about my Stephan l’Aigle story, “A Knight’s Tale.” Jamie, The Whispering Bookworm, had interview questions for each of our authors about the eras we write, observations on researching and writing historical fiction, and how the anthology…

  • Echoes is a winner!

    I am honored that Echoes of the Storm has received the Gold Medal in The Coffee Pot Book Club’s Book of the Year for Fantasy. Author/editor Mary Anne Yarde, founder of the site, is well known in historical fiction circles. When she opened her review submissions to science fiction/fantasy, I jumped on it. I was…

  • Betrayal comes in many forms… and on many blogs

    I recently stopped by Alison Morton’s blog to talk about the big or little events or moments that might inspire a writer. If you’ve been around here for a while, you’ll know a couple of scenes in a television show set off my curiosity about Richard the Lionheart and the Third Crusade. That led to…

  • Echoes awarded a B.R.A.G. Medallion

    Thank you, indieBRAG! I am thrilled Echoes of the Storm has been awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion. B.R.A.G. is the Book Readers Appreciation Group. Indie-published books are put through a tough review process. As indieBRAG notes on their website: This entails an initial screening to ensure that the author’s work meets certain minimum standards of quality and…

  • Audio excerpt – Men of the Cross – read by Angel Martinez

    Listen to Angel Martinez read an excerpt from Men of the Cross I want to thank Angel for offering authors like me an opportunity to introduce Sir Henry & Sir Stephan to her listeners. This excerpt is from chapter 17 of the novel, hours after the horrendous massacre of 2,700 prisoners ordered by King Richard…

  • Betrayal is here!

    Betrayal, treachery, treason, deceit, perfidy—all names for the calculated violation of trust. And it’s been rife since humans trod the earth. A promise brokenA mission betrayedA lover’s desertionA parent’s deceptionAn unwitting act of treasonBetrayal by comradesBetrayal by friends Could you resist the forces of misplaced loyalty, power hunger, emotional blackmail, or plain greed? Is there ever…

  • Meet debut author Ginger Smith

    Ginger is a new author friend that I met through the #TranspatialTavern on Google Meet. Her debut novel comes out on November 10. Pre-order it now (link below) like I did! I talked Ginger into answering a few questions in this mini-interview: Where did you get the initial idea for your book? Well, ever since…

  • Cover Reveal – Betrayal is coming

    A promise broken. A mission betrayed. Betrayal is coming! Find out what treachery lies behind the cover. Meet the authors, hang out, and ask questions on our Facebook group. We’ll introduce the authors beginning Monday, October 19, and then post teasers about the stories of Betrayal. From our Press Release New Historical Fiction Collective Launches…