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January 18, 2011
Writing Historical Adventure
*This week in our Historical Fiction series I welcome Heather Domin, author of The Soldier of Raetia. In case you guys didn't check out her post from last week on Julie Rose's blog, she claims the reason she wrote her novel was because she wanted to write about "hot Roman soldiers in love." Today she [...]
January 17, 2011
Liberi: Chapter 6 (1/2)
The drug made me drowsy, and I slipped into slumber willingly, my mind overwhelmed by our precarious situation. When I finally opened my eyes and checked on Sophie, who was deeply asleep, Cole was gone. "Sophie," I said, gently shaking her awake. She opened her eyes and was silent for a moment before saying, "Jesus, [...]
January 13, 2011
The Accidental Writer
*I would like to introduce you to Julie Rose, author of The Pilgrim Glass. Julie is the first guest poster in our Historical Fiction series, and she will be writing today about why she chose her time period / place as the setting for her novel. The Pilgrim Glass is set in both contemporary and [...]
Not Exaggerating When I Say…
…I nearly peed myself when I got this in an email (there goes my whole "serious author" resolution. Serious authors don't pee themselves. Ever.) The Noble Pirates tentative book cover! Woohoo! What think you, me lads and lasses?
Liberi: Chapter 5 (2/2)
Fabulous, more pirates. At least we were in the right time period. My mind struggled to remember what I had read about the women pirates during my search for Howel Davis: Anne Bonny had been the wife of a turncoat pirate, James Bonny, when she met and fell in love with "Calico Jack" Rackam. Because [...]
January 11, 2011
Historical Fiction
Two of my fellow historical fiction writers and I will be covering a series of historical fiction topics on each other's blogs in the next couple months. These fellow writers are the incomparable Julie Rose and Heather Domin, authors of The Pilgrim Glass and The Soldier of Raetia, respectively. Why are we doing this? Because [...]
January 10, 2011
Liberi: Chapter 5 (1/2)
I did the only thing I could do, floating in the middle of the ocean with my unconscious daughter, watching as a ship headed straight for us in the dark: I screamed. My voice seemed lost in the rush of the waves, in the whistling wind. That's it, we're finished. The waves caused by the [...]
Questions
I recently read a review of The Noble Pirates and it triggered a bunch of questions that I wanted to ask you, the readers, regarding the story. Let me see if I can bribe you guys to indulge me: If I get enough (say, around 10) responses, I will post the second half of Liberi: [...]
January 9, 2011
Liberi: Chapter 3
October 2021 "Damn!" The door slammed shut, and William Noakes stormed into the room, his bald head flushed with anger. I leaned back in my chair and asked, "What happened?" The man was so angry he didn't know what to do with himself. He paced back and forth, clenching his fists. "They're shutting it down. [...]
Writer Resolutions
And just like that, 2011 is upon us. Where did 2010 go? More than any other year, 2010 blasted past me. 2010 was the year I realized The Noble Pirates was something to be excited about. It was the year my daughters went from babies to miniature people. It was the year that I grew [...]
