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On Novelettes & journeys
I *think* I have a title for the story – a novelette – I’ve been working on. I’ll test it on my writers group tomorrow night when they hear the first chapter. After what seems like ages – including travel, 6 weeks of the horrible throat/cough/cold plague, and website issues – I finally finished a…
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Bits of Third Crusade history
Lionheart’s fleet arrives in Acre, June 1191. This post features an excerpt from Men of the Cross.
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Historical Fiction Promo
14 authors. 14 fabulous #lgbtq romance reads. Men of the Cross is on sale for $1.99 until August 11. They risk their lives for the king.Will they risk their hearts and souls for each other?
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Revisiting Swords of the King – an excerpt & more…
I know new readers rightly want to start with the first book in any series, but how about a short excerpt from Book III? No spoilers to speak of – no explanation needed. This is the opening of Chapter 9. Take a peek… MARCH 1196John’s camp, Normandy The River Seine sparkled. It snaked around the…
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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…
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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…
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Richard I, the Lionheart, died #OTD 6 April 1199
Richard was born in Oxford in 1157, the third son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He became King of England in July 1189 on the death of his father, with whom he’d been fighting, and not for the first time. He inherited an empire that stretched from the Scottish border across the English…