Dean Hamilton's Blog, page 11
June 26, 2015
Visualizing History
Anyone that knows me, knows I have an insidious interest in history. It weaves in and out of my life, drives my entertainment choices, my reading and my writing.
I get genuinely excited about things like the recent 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, or some new bit of Elizabethan slang that I run across. I am more than capable of boring the Hell out of people at parties.
It drives me to wander cities I visit, in an effort to retrace history and to trace the steps of all the ghos...
I get genuinely excited about things like the recent 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, or some new bit of Elizabethan slang that I run across. I am more than capable of boring the Hell out of people at parties.
It drives me to wander cities I visit, in an effort to retrace history and to trace the steps of all the ghos...
June 19, 2015
Story Competition - Vote Like the Wind!
I've posted BLACK DOG up on www.inkitt.com as an entry into their Fated Paradox mystery writing competition! It's a free read!
Take a look, have a read and if you like it, please give it a vote!
Votes need to be submitted by July 4, 2015 and the story needs to be in the top 10% of selections to qualify for the competition!
So go, fly my pretties and vote like the wind!
June 8, 2015
Mapping in the Imagination
Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads;
And every object that might make me fear
Misfortune to my ventures...
- Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice
If you are looking to build your story setting, to develop your imaginary world, to evoke a sense of distance or scale, to add local colour or distant legends, whether it is winding byways or savage wilderness, it always helps to have a map.
A map can be an equally useful tool for both writer and reader. For wr...
And every object that might make me fear
Misfortune to my ventures...
- Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice
If you are looking to build your story setting, to develop your imaginary world, to evoke a sense of distance or scale, to add local colour or distant legends, whether it is winding byways or savage wilderness, it always helps to have a map.
A map can be an equally useful tool for both writer and reader. For wr...
June 4, 2015
Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell
is Cornwell's first venture into non-fiction. The author, best-known for his historical fiction (including the Sharpe series as well as the ongoing Saxon Chronicles, and numerous other excellent pieces of work), manages to combine the clarity of prose of the novelist with the myriad details of the historian, serving up a rousing, reader-friendly account of the famous battle that brought the Duke of Welling...
May 11, 2015
...once I saw the dragons aloft on the wind at sunset above the western isles...
Credit: .gifs courtesy of IO9.com
April 23, 2015
Launch Day!
It's Launch Day!
THE JESUIT LETTER, my new novel, is now available for order via Amazon, Kobo & CreateSpace.
What's it about? Ex-soldier turned play-actor Kit Tyburn is entangled in a deadly conspiracy when he intercepts a coded letter from a hidden Jesuit priest.
So if you enjoy Elizabethan era skulduggery, sword-play& history with a touch of romance, check out THE JESUIT LETTER
http://amzn.to/1HxfBgw
Go & read like the wind!
...oh, and tell all your friends!
THE JESUIT LETTER, my new novel, is now available for order via Amazon, Kobo & CreateSpace.What's it about? Ex-soldier turned play-actor Kit Tyburn is entangled in a deadly conspiracy when he intercepts a coded letter from a hidden Jesuit priest.
So if you enjoy Elizabethan era skulduggery, sword-play& history with a touch of romance, check out THE JESUIT LETTER
http://amzn.to/1HxfBgw
Go & read like the wind!
...oh, and tell all your friends!
April 13, 2015
“...the Fates will find me soon enough.”
My new novella BLACK DOG is up on Amazon, so dive into the cesspool of Elizabethan London’s back-alleys, stalking the Black Dog’s secrets.http://amzn.to/1JDK784
For Kobo users, it will go up on April 16th.
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebook/black-dog-20
and as a reminder, THE JESUIT LETTER launches on April 23rd!
http://amzn.to/1CPKfLX
March 28, 2015
Kickstarter Patrons - Thanks!
This page is small attempt to acknowledge the impact and assistance that everyone listed below provided through their kind donations and support for my publishing Kickstarter. They truly helped to bring The Jesuit Letter to life.
For that, they have my profound thanks.
Kickstarter Patrons
Andrea CameronDave MartinDeborah KyrzakosDevon HamiltonDuke of WolvesErin SpinkFreda ColbourneGail KryzakosGary SlyeGreg HoodHeather WestIvan SzlapetisJames HamiltonJosh RicciKaren S. ConlinKim Litchf...
March 24, 2015
It's Here! Launch Date April 23, 2015! Pre-Order via Amazon!
My book has arrived!
Ladies & Gentlemen, meet my first published novel,
The Jesuit Letter
(hint: it's in the box guarded by the intemperate cat).
The Jesuit Letter is available now for pre-orders on Amazon! Please place your orders now and on April 23rd, they will go through and your e-book will be sent out.
This particular batch of books shown is intended for all the supporters of my Kickstarter fundraiser however the official publication date is April...
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Ladies & Gentlemen, meet my first published novel,
The Jesuit Letter
(hint: it's in the box guarded by the intemperate cat). The Jesuit Letter is available now for pre-orders on Amazon! Please place your orders now and on April 23rd, they will go through and your e-book will be sent out.
This particular batch of books shown is intended for all the supporters of my Kickstarter fundraiser however the official publication date is April...
December 3, 2014
Wanderers
This is a fantastic video by Eric Wernquist, combining narration from Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" with a superlative, speculative visual tour of the solar system and humanity's spread across planets.
