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revisions, round 4…
Title: Battle Scars: Men of the Cross(book 1 of a series) Revisions progress: round 4, 95% Two weeks back, I reported I was at 73%. That was round 3. 🙂 I returned to page 1 and began round 4. Actually, I ignored page 1 and started with chapter 2. This was to be a quick run-through…
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crossing the Plains…
The Plains of Ramla that is… Title:Battle Scars: Men of the Cross(book 1 of a series) Revisions progress: 73% Richard the Lionheart’s army crossed the Plains of Ramla (or Ramula) twice: Nov. 1191-Jan. 1192, and again in the late spring of 1192. Chroniclers mention the severe weather that winter. The crusaders endured rain, hail, gale-strength winds,…
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work in progress Wednesday…
Just a short update this week because revisions are keeping me busy. I passed the 50% mark at 7am today. Acre has surrendered to Richard the Lionheart. The army is making ready to march south along the coast. I wish I could say it’s all downhill from here but there are many battle scenes or…
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gambling & the Third Crusade
Title:Battle Scars: Men of the Cross(book 1 of a series) Revisions progress: 33% Three weeks in and I’m 1/3 through round one of revisions on my manuscript. Sir Henry & Sir Stephan have been on the move since their first meeting in Southampton in March of 1190. They caught up with Richard the Lionheart’s army…
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let the revisions begin…
Title: Battle Scars: Men of the Cross(book 1 of a series) Revisions progress: chapter 1 Back to the beginning. Yes, the editorial comments are in and guess what? No surprises here. My novel isn’t quite ready for prime time. Battle Scars opens in Southampton in March 1190 where Sir Henry de Grey is one of hundreds…
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and the elevator door closes…
Writer Matthew Harffy is ahead of me. On his blog, Bernicia Chronicles, he writes that he’s completed revisions on his Dark Ages novel and has sent it out out for another round of beta readers. His decision to do a ‘pitch’ at a conference inspired me to start thinking about how I might pitch Battle…
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work in progress Wednesday – weddings and signs of The End
Title: Battle Scars: For King and Country(book 2 of a series)Current word count: @88,900 words I am drawing ever closer to the climax of this story. My unexpected character death? With 11,000 words added since my last update, the man is still dead, and there is no hope for resurrection. But there were weddings this…
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location, location, location – using Pinterest to show Battle Scars locations…
There have been a number of recent articles about writers using Pinterest to promote their interests and their books. I set up a Pinterest account ages ago and let it sit. In random moments I would remember it, add a pin or two, then sock it away for a few months. If you’ve been following…
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work in progress Wednesday – and we’re off to Nottingham!
Well, Nottingham and a few other locales… If I’d been on top of things a few days back, I would have mentioned that 7 September was the anniversary of the Battle of Arsuf in 1191. This was a huge victory for Richard the Lionheart. Arsuf is about 14 miles from the port of Jaffa, a…