Christy English's Blog, page 59
January 24, 2011
Becoming a Better Writer
Like everyone who puts pen to paper, I am trying to become a better writer. I work hard and keep myself in my chair in the hopes that I will continue to improve, so that Eleanor and Henry and all the characters I will work with for the rest of my life will be honored more [...]
January 21, 2011
Labyrinth at Battery Park
http://www.caminodepaz.org/battery8-1... One of my favorite places in New York City, and there are many such places, is the labyrinth at Battery Park. I discovered that this labyrinth existed when my friend Audrey was visiting me in the city. And what a lovely unexpected surprise it was to find such a space of quiet green [...]
January 19, 2011
Windows into Other Worlds
The thing I love most about reading a good book is diving in and feeling as if the author has opened a window into another world. I love being transported to a new time and place by characters who have the capacity to teach me something. I feel the same way when I'm writing. Especially during the first draft [...]
January 17, 2011
THE QUEEN'S PAWN LIVES ON
The True Book Addict is running a read-a-thon this week, and is hosting a give away of THE QUEEN'S PAWN. Two signed copies are available. See the link below to read more about it, and to look into the read-a-thon…Thanks Michelle! http://thetruebookaddict.blogspot.com... It was a great weekend for my ladies and myself…THE QUEEN'S PAWN was also listed [...]
January 14, 2011
A Labyrinth I Have Yet To Walk
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/fr... One of the labyrinths I have yet to walk, one of many, is the beautiful, ancient labyrinth at the Cathedral of Chartres in France. Built sometime between 1200 and 1240, it is old enough that Princess Alais might have walked it. Though I have been to Paris three times, I have never traveled [...]
January 12, 2011
Strong Women of History and Why I Love Them
I was speculating to myself today on why I love strong women in history like Eleanor of Aquitaine and Margaret of Anjou. Of course, once I get to know a character/ historical figure, I love them for themselves, for who I perceive them to be. But before I researched Eleanor at length, and before I [...]
January 10, 2011
Susan Higginbotham's Guest Post: Margaret of Anjou
Susan Higginbotham, author of the wonderful novel THE QUEEN OF LAST HOPES, has been kind enough to join us today for a guest post about her new novel. Specifically, about the woman who gives the novel its title. This post is about Margaret of Anjou, and her courage. "In August 1482, a queen of [...]
January 7, 2011
Margaret of Anjou and Eleanor
On Monday, Susan Higginbotham will be blogging here for us. I am fascinated to hear what she has to say about her latest novel, THE QUEEN OF LAST HOPES, about Margaret of Anjou. Margaret really went through the wringer in her lifetime, but at the end of the War of the Roses, she was the last woman [...]
January 5, 2011
Susan Higginbotham & Margaret of Anjou
I have been writing a lot about labyrinths lately…one woman who walked through a maze of politics and power all her life was Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England during the reign of Henry VI. She was born a Frenchwoman, but once she married Henry VI, she devoted her life to him and to their [...]
Susan Higganbotham & Margaret of Anjou
I have been writing a lot about labyrinths lately…one woman who walked through a maze of politics and power all her life was Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England during the reign of Henry VI. She was born a Frenchwoman, but once she married Henry VI, she devoted her life to him and to their [...]
