Christy English's Blog, page 52
June 29, 2011
Dial "L" For Loser and a Smile
My chick lit/ contemporary romance novel, DIAL "L" FOR LOSER got its first review on Amazon yesterday. I am thrilled! It is so fun when our books get read, and it is even more fun when people like them. Here is the first section of the novel, so you can have a glimpse at my [...]
June 27, 2011
Falling in Love with an E Reader
What a shock to discover that I am in love with e books. I do not yet own an e reader, but I borrowed one for my recent trip to the HNS Conference in San Diego. And let me tell you, after two planes that showed up late or never showed, I was VERY happy [...]
June 24, 2011
Passion and Possession
In her lifetime, Eleanor of Aquitaine found herself married to not one, but two kings. Her first husband came into her life when she was only fifteen years old. Her father dead, Eleanor had become Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right. Though the marriage contract between herself and Louis VII was still being negotiated [...]
June 22, 2011
The Traveling Novel
What a blessing, to come home from a fabulous conference and to find the German copies of THE QUEEN'S PAWN waiting for me. To see my own words written in a foreign tongue is a huge thrill. I can't quite believe it, though I hold a copy of the novel in my hand. THE STORY [...]
June 20, 2011
HNS Conference: Where the Dead Live Again
I found myself sitting alone and quiet on Sunday afternoon. The HNS 2011 Conference is done, and I have a smile on my face. I met so many incredible people, some I knew as part of our online community and some I met for the first time. We all were drawn together by our love [...]
June 17, 2011
Winners Write the Histories
It is an old adage, and a true one, that winners write the histories. Sometimes the histories that survive are the tales told by an enemy. This is often true for Eleanor…so many enemies wrote her history. I am glad we are taking it back. Apache is a Navaho word for enemy. Enemy is the [...]
June 15, 2011
Historical Novel Society Conference 2011
How excited am I to be flying to San Diego tomorrow for the Historical Novel Society's conference? I'm a writer and a wordsmith, but I have no words to describe it. The Zoo and the Pacific and Balboa Park and the ships of the Maritime Museum…I could go on, but I won't. Instead, I will [...]
June 13, 2011
Taking a New Road
Eleanor of Aquitaine, the lady I most admire in all the world, was always making herself over. She would change her life, in the face of great odds, whenever she felt change was needed. And she did not just change her hair or the color of her gowns, she changed husbands, kingdoms, her entire world. [...]
June 10, 2011
Birthday Wonder
Here I sit, the day after my fortieth birthday, wondering if I should be feeling my mortality. Now, I did take a yoga class yesterday so I am feeling some muscles I didn't know I had, but as far as a mortality-ridden existential crisis, I am simply not having one. Maybe later today? Next week? [...]
June 8, 2011
Eleanor of Aquitiane and the Scandal of Raymond of Antioch
Eleanor of Aquitaine was plagued by many scandals in her lifetime. During her years in the Parisian court, she was always held up as a an example of a queen who was lacking: a woman who lacked a son, a woman who lacked piety, a woman who would not keep her god-given place in the [...]
