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Mythology, are the stories still valid today?
Today, writer friend Luciana Cavallaro stops by the blog. We haven’t met in person – not that I wouldn’t love to travel to Australia and hang out with Luciana – but we have collaborated on historical fiction and fantasy promotions going back to at least 2015. As writers, we compare notes on what works/what doesn’t…
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The Highs and Lows of Being an Author – a guest post by Helen Hollick
It’s a pleasure to welcome Helen Hollick to my blog today. We first met in Denver, Colorado, at the 2015 Historical Novel Society conference. Helen has been a huge supporter of indie authors…
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The balance between imagination and research: guest post by Anna Belfrage
I have had the pleasure of being whisked away to the past by Anna Belfrage, a writer and friend I only met seven years ago, but whom I feel like I’ve known forever. We share a love of medieval…
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Guest post – Anne Barwell celebrates Comes a Horseman
I’m delighted to welcome Anne Barwell to the blog to talk about the re-release of Comes a Horseman, the 3rd and final book in her WWII Echoes Rising series. Take it away, Anne! Pawn Takes Knight As a chess player I’ve played against opponents who prefer to methodically wipe other players from the board, but…
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Discovering 12th Century Nottingham Castle
“Richard arrived at the siege of Nottingham in a black mood and his first act was to set up an enormous gallows beneath the walls.” — Richard Coeur de Lion by P. Henderson Line drawing is copyright The Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire. Used with permission. Earlier this week I was a guest at Catherine Curzon’s…