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July 22, 2011
Upcoming Fun
There are a lot of fun posts coming up in the next few weeks. I am excited to host Melanie McDonald on my blog next Monday, July 25. She will be talking about her debut novel EROMENOS, exploring the life of the Emperor Hadrian's favorite, the youth Antinous. On Wednesday, July 27, the winner of [...]
July 20, 2011
Writers Supporting Writers
I know I have written on this subject before, but right now, as I work on my latest draft, I really feel the support of my fellow writers through our online community, both on Facebook and on Twitter. When I am able to look up from my WIP, it is wonderful to see what others [...]
July 18, 2011
A Room of One's Own
Writers always need time and silence to do their work, and never more so than we are writing a first draft. Life intrudes, as it should, because we are people first and writers second. But still a part of us longs for a clean, quiet place in which to do our work. "Give me, O [...]
July 15, 2011
Guest Post with Helen Hollick
Continuing the week of Helen Hollick, the USA Today Bestselling author…Today I am fortunate enough to have Helen on my blog, answering the first question that was on my mind after reading her fabulous novel, SEA WITCH: What drew you to pirates in the first place? "Why, I wonder, do people read historical fiction – [...]
July 13, 2011
Helen Hollick's SEA WITCH Give Away
Today, as I continue Helen Hollick Week here on A Writer's Life: Working with the Muse, I have the pleasure of offering a personalized copy of the first novel in the Sea Witch voyages…the first voyage of the indomitable Jesamiah Acorne. The give away runs through July 26, with the winner announced on Wednesday, July [...]
July 11, 2011
Helen Hollick and SEA WITCH
I am so fortunate to have USA Today Bestselling author Helen Hollick as a guest on my blog this week. Tune in Wednesday for my thoughts on the fabulous first book of her SEA WITCH voyages along with a give away of book one, SEA WITCH, and on Friday for a guest post by Helen [...]
July 8, 2011
Eleanor and Music
The Court of Love began in Aquitaine and Poitou by Eleanor's grandfather, Duke William IX, the Troubadour Duke. Here is a song attributed to Duke William IX written about his own pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Eleanor of Aquitaine was raised surrounded by music, and she carried it with her to the gates of Constantinople, [...]
July 6, 2011
What Do You Love?
I found an amazing quote in a book I am reading, THE SUMMER GARDEN by Paullina Simons. As usual, I am late to this party…this is the first book I have read by Ms. Simons, but like so many people around the world, it will not be my last. The novel is beautiful, and I [...]
July 4, 2011
The Waiting Game
Medieval women, even powerful queens, spent a good deal of their lives waiting. Waiting for their husbands to come home from war, for their children to be born, for their sons to grow up. In July of 1137, Eleanor of Aquitaine, newly made duchess by her father's death, found herself waiting behind the walls of [...]
July 1, 2011
NOAH'S WIFE
I was given a copy of NOAH'S WIFE as was everyone else who came to the Historical Novel Society Conference in June. It was the first book I read from the generous collection of books that I received, and I am glad I began with this one. With lyrical prose, TK Thorne takes us beyond [...]
