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National Television Appearance

As many of you may have already heard, my focus on little-known stories of the Revolutionary erarecently brought me a really exciting opportunity. I’ll be appearing as a featured expert commentator on an upcoming miniseries on the Discovery Network’s American Heroes Channel (formerly the Military Channel), which will premiere nationwide on the 15th and 16th […]

Connections

In The Light, set in Trenton, New Jersey, I depicted the wild scene that greeted the arrival of news of Lexington and Concord. In terms that are nakedly inflammatory, the Committees of Safety transmitted the account from town to town, spreading it as quickly as horse and rider could bear it: A tumult outside the […]

A Taste of Things to Come

Believe it or not,the next novel in theTales From a Revolution is slated for release soon, and I wanted to share with you a brief excerpt, in the form of a letter penned by an anguished Loyalist in Massachusetts to her dear friend in exile in Nova Scotia. The events atPlymouth Rock related in this […]

Cover Reveal

On May 20, 1775, the Committee of Safety in Mecklenburg, North-Carolina met and it was long claimed that they declared independence that day, penning the Mecklenburg Declaration. The text of that Declaration was lost to time, but if it were to be found in a South Carolina attic, that discovery would validate long-held claims about […]

The Smoke: Tales From a Revolution – New-York

I’m happy to announce that the third novel in my set that explores the small stories of the Revolution is now available in both paperback and ebook editions. InThe Smoke, we meet Joseph Killeen, a young soldier in the Patriot Militia, tasked with scouting out the territory of the Iroquois Confederation as the Continental […]

Christmas Lists

With the swift approach of the Christmas gifting season, I wanted to share with my readers a few of my suggestions for great books (or series) that I’ve loved. Some of these have inspired my own storytelling, while others have simply caught my heart or informed my thinking. All are wonderfully written, and I think […]

The Light: Tales From a Revolution – New-Jersey

I know it’s been a long time coming, but it’s here at last! Available in paperback or ebook format of your choice, my second novel of the American Revolution has already been lauded for its beautiful prose and attention to historical detail. See what all the excitement is about, and get your copy today! The […]

Packing and Preparing

Now that I’ve done all of the hard work toward getting The Light into your hands (okay, there’s still the small matter of fulfilling the Kickstarter rewards – I expect to have those out next week!), I am increasingly feeling the itch to start writing again…. Scenes bubble up in the back of my head, […]

At Long Last

I’mexceptionally excited to announce thatThe Light is now available for pre-order, in print and e-book, here. (There’s also some fun swag available, as well as book club options.) I know that many of you have been waiting for an awfully long time, and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your persistence and interest. […]

Writing What I Do Know

One of the highest compliments I ever received was from a working historian, who told me that there was nothing in my novel that couldn’t have happened exactly as I had written it. I take my research very seriously, to the point where I’ve tossed pages of otherwise perfectly good writing… just because I discovered [...]